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This page lists public opinion polls in connection with the 2012 French presidential election. The first round of the election was held on 22 April 2012, with Socialist Party candidate François Hollande winning the most votes, but failing to secure an overall majority. Hollande ultimately won a deciding runoff election on 6 May, defeating incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy to become the 24th President of France.
Runoff polls
The tables below display public poll figures for hypothetical runoff elections between individual 2012 presidential candidates. The candidates include then-President and UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, Socialist Party (PS) candidate François Hollande, and National Front leader Marine Le Pen. The PS First Secretary, Martine Aubry, is also listed in polls which pre-date the selection of Hollande as the PS presidential candidate in October 2011. For the actual 6 May 2012 runoff between Sarkozy and Hollande, poll figures are listed from before and after the 22 April first-round election. Hollande ultimately won the runoff, gaining around 51.6% of the national vote, to Sarkozy's 48.4%.