Results of the Second Round

The Constitutionnal Council officially announced on Thursday morning the definitive results of the presidential elections. François Hollande has been elected with 51,6%, against Nicolas Sarkozy who got 48,4% of the votes. This represents 18 000 668 votes for the president elect and 16 860 685 votes for the outgoing president.

The president of the Council Jean-Louis Debré officially proclaimed the election of the Socialist Party candidate: << Thus the Constitutionnal Council proclaims François Hollande President of the French Republic. His mandate of five years, fixed by the Constitution, will start at the latest on the 15th of May at midnight >>.

Will follow the declaration of the patrimony of the new head of state to the Constitutionnal Council, which will be published on Friday in the official government register. In fact the law forces every president elect to make public this declaration, at the beginning and at the end of his mandate. Thus Nicolas Sarkozy had declared a little more than 2 million euros in 2007, and around 2,7 million euros on the 24th of Mars 2012.