Presidential elections were held in France on 21 April 2002, with a runoff election between the top two candidates, incumbent Jacques Chirac of the Rally ...

Legislative elections were held in France on 9 and 16 June 2002, to elect the 12th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, in a context of political crisis ...

The first round of the presidential election was remarkable due to the record number of candidates. With 16 contenders the French could not grumble about the ...

The electoral campaign took place in the wake of the presidential elections held in April 2002 which resulted in Mr. Le Pen, leader of the National Front, ...

Chief of State: President Jacques CHIRAC; Head of Government: Prime Minister Lionel JOSPIN; Assembly: France has a bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consisting ...

Jacques Chirac, 5,665,855, 19.9 ; Jean-Marie Le Pen, 4,804,713, 16.9 ; Lionel Jospin, 4,610,113, 16.2 ; François Bayrou, 1,949,170, 6.8.

The first round of the 2002 presidential election in France put an end, at least temporarily, to politics as usual. The impossible happened.

20 апр. 2022 г. · Editorial: Chirac fights off Le Pen – for now. 6 May 2002. France's 2002 presidential election was by turns shocking, shaming and shambolic.

17 апр. 2022 г. · Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, the Socialist Party candidate, roars with laughter at the thought of not making it to the second round, even as the 2002 race ...

At the time of the election campaign, France had a divided government, with a right-wing Gaullist president, Jacques Chirac, elected in 1995, and a Socialist ...