In 2017, participation in the first round amounted to 28.5% at midday. The previous presidential election had been marked by an important abstention: 22.2% in the first round.
Le Monde and AFP
Participation in the first round of the presidential election Sunday, April 10 ames 25.48% at 12 pm, three points less than in 2017 (28.54%) and in 2012 (28 , 3%), according to the numbers of the Ministry of the Interior.
However, the 12-hour participation is higher than four points than on April 21, 2002 (21.39%), record year for abstention at a first presidential election.
The Departments of the less mobilized at 12 o’clock
The five departments having the most voted at noon are Saone-et-Loire (39.05%), Gers (37.71%), Ardèche (35.55%), Dordogne (34, 63%) and Vaucluse (32.64%).
The five departments that were the least mobilized are the Seine-Saint-Denis (14.71%), Paris (15.34%), Val-d’Oise (18.82%), Essonne (18.89%) and the Hauts-de-Seine (19.13%).
The participation in the regional and departmental elections of June 2021, historically low, had risen to 12.22% at 12 o’clock. In the first round of the municipal elections of 2020, organized while exploded the first wave of Covid-19 in France, it reached 18.38%.