Who's running for President of France in 2027?

Where the polls stand

Polls are snapshots of opinion on the day they were taken, not predictions. The result depends heavily on which candidates the pollster includes, so each line below is one scenario. Numbers are first-round voting intentions, in percent.

Ifop-Fiducial for LCI, Le Figaro and Sud Radio, fieldwork 17 to 19 October 2026, 1,928 registered voters (sample of 2,081 adults, online), published 21 October.

Only figures I could confirm in the published coverage are shown; blanks mean not reported there, not zero. Other pollsters (Elabe, Ipsos bva, Harris Interactive, OpinionWay, Cluster17, YouGov) also published polls in October, with Le Pen first in the coverage I found, but I could not verify their full numbers, so I have left them out until I can. Polls have a margin of error of several points, and fieldwork dates matter: much has changed since the summer primaries.

Source: Sud Radio report on the Ifop poll · List of October polls: France-Vote · Back to the list

Far left · Extrême gauche

Lutte Ouvrière (LO), far left

• Fourth presidential run. Presented her 2027 candidacy at Lutte Ouvrière's 2026 party festival, according to reporting published 22 July 2026
• Themes as summarized by that reporting: higher wages and stronger unions, higher taxes on large fortunes and multinationals, and an ecological transition tied to jobs and social justice
• Lutte Ouvrière is still gathering the 500 sponsorships it needs to get on the ballot

Not officially stated: these themes come from a summary article that does not quote her, not from her own program.

Party site: lutte-ouvriere.org

Sources: Toute l'Europe, declared list, ÉlyséeScope, campaign launch (22 July 2026), LCP, sponsorships

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Sovereigntist · Souverainiste

Union populaire républicaine (UPR), sovereigntist

• Listed as a declared candidate on the lists I checked, with no 2027 declaration article found
• His long-standing platform, as reported in 2017: leaving the EU, the euro and NATO, with a referendum on “Frexit”
• I have not found a 2027-specific program yet

Not officially stated: the platform is from 2017 reporting. I found no 2027 program.

Sources: Toute l'Europe, declared list, Sud Radio (platform, 2017)

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Centre · Centre

Renaissance, centre (Macron's party)

• Announced on 22 May 2026 in Mur-de-Barrez (Aveyron). Former Prime Minister and head of Renaissance
• Main theme: restoring "the promise of advancement," so people believe their children will have better lives, and making France "the country of the future"
• On pensions: would scrap the legal retirement age and focus on contribution length, with discounts and surcharges
• Competes with Édouard Philippe for the same centrist voters

Unverified: from May and June 2026 reporting. No detailed program in the sources I found.

Sources: LCP, candidacy, LCP, pensions

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Ecologist · Écologiste

Génération écologie, ecologist

• Announced her candidacy in L'Obs on 25 November 2025. Former ecology minister under François Hollande (2012 to 2013) and deputy for Deux-Sèvres
• Says ecology is becoming “rikikisée” (diminished) and is at risk of disappearing, and wants to rebuild an ecology “capable of governing”
• Opposes a left-wing primary and warns against ecology becoming a “satellite of the far left”; open to an ecologist-only primary

Unverified: from an interview in November 2025. I found no published program.

Sources: L'Info Durable (25 November 2025), Toute l'Europe, declared list

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Right · Droite

President of the Hauts-de-France region; running as an independent

• Confirmed on 27 August 2026 at the Medef summer event that he will be a candidate, saying the time to declare formally "has not come yet"
• Presents his run as an "independent candidate" even though Les Républicains already chose Bruno Retailleau
• Rejects a primary of the right and centre, and refuses to join Emmanuel Macron's "heirs"
• No detailed platform yet in the reporting I found

Not officially stated: he has not published a platform yet.

Source: LCP

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Left · Gauche

Parti socialiste member; mayor of Saint-Ouen, reformist left

• Announced on 9 June 2026 on France Inter: “I'm going to win.” Elected mayor of Saint-Ouen in 2020 and re-elected in 2026
• Presents himself as a bulwark against both the Rassemblement National and La France Insoumise, to prevent a second round between them; describes himself as reformist and pro-business
• In Saint-Ouen he expanded the municipal police and introduced a curfew for unaccompanied minors under 16 from July 2025
• Did not take part in the Socialist-led primary. No detailed national program has been published in the reporting I found

Unverified: from June 2026 reporting. No national program published in the sources I found.

Sources: LCP (9 June 2026), Toute l'Europe

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Sovereigntist · Souverainiste

Debout la France (DLF), sovereigntist right

• Fourth presidential run. First announced on 8 March 2025 in Yerres; confirmed on X on 23 April 2026: “I will be a candidate in 2027”
• Calls for a “Gaullist surge” and for restoring French sovereignty relative to the EU, with leaving the EU (Frexit) as a last resort; proposes a flexible “Europe of cooperation”
• Has argued for renewing ties with Russia
• Laid out his positions in the book “2027 : La liberté ou la mort” (22 April 2026)

Unverified: from April 2026 reporting. The book is his own, but I have not read it.

Party site: debout-la-france.fr

Source: info.fr (23 April 2026)

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Left · Gauche

Place Publique / Parti Socialiste, social-democratic left

• Won the primary organized by the Socialist Party, Place Publique and the Gauche républicaine et socialiste with 66.13% in the first round (voting 9 to 11 October 2026). Olivier Faure came second with 14.48%
• The primary did not include all left-wing parties, so the result does not bind forces that stayed outside it
• Wants to raise net salaries by taxing the top 1% of inheritances, which he says would raise 15 billion euros
• Proposes a five-year "rescue plan" for public schools: higher teacher pay, smaller primary classes, renovated buildings
• Proposes a compulsory ten-month civic service for young people, and a citizens' convention on immigration whose proposals would go to a Parliament vote
• On pensions: a "fair and ambitious reform," not a return to 60, with focus on contribution length and working conditions rather than the legal age

Party site: place-publique.eu

Sources: Parlons Politique, primary result, Public Sénat (24 August 2026), LCP, pensions

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Far left · Extrême gauche

Révolution Permanente (RP), revolutionary left

• Railway signalman and SUD Rail union activist; announced his 2027 candidacy, reported 23 June 2026
• Describes his positions as anticapitalist, ecologist, internationalist, antiracist and feminist, and says he wants to make “the voice of the new working class” heard
• He did not gather the 500 sponsorships needed to run in 2022, and Révolution Permanente is looking for sponsorships again for 2027

Unverified: from a June 2026 profile article, not from his own program.

Sources: Le Courrier de l'Atlas (23 June 2026), LCP, sponsorships

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Far left · Extrême gauche

NPA-Révolutionnaires, far left

• Bus driver and CGT union activist, the candidate of the NPA-Révolutionnaires, a split from the NPA
• The main NPA announced on 28 June 2026 that it will not field a presidential candidate for the first time since 2009, and will look to rally around Jean-Luc Mélenchon instead
• Like the other small left candidates, she needs 500 sponsorships to reach the ballot

Not officially stated: I found no published platform for her campaign yet.

Sources: LCP (29 June 2026), Toute l'Europe, declared list

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Far right · Extrême droite

Rassemblement National (RN), national-conservative, right-wing populist

• Declared on 7 July 2026, the day an appeals court convicted her of embezzling public funds in the EU parliamentary-assistants case. The court cut her ban from holding office from five years to 45 months (30 suspended), and Public Sénat reports it leaves her able to run
• She received a three-year prison sentence, one year firm, which can be served at home under an electronic tag. She has appealed to the Cour de cassation, which suspends the sentence, and says she will campaign without a tag
• The Cour de cassation said it could rule "at the latest in early April 2027," before the first round, though that timeline could change
• Jordan Bardella is not a candidate. She presents the two as a joint ticket and says he would be her Prime Minister
• On pensions: she reaffirmed a return to 62, or even 60, with 40 to 42 years of contributions. Bardella has said the party is "examining" the question, so the RN's position is not fully clear

Unverified: the pension position is from June 2026 reporting, and the RN has said its position is still being examined. No full program published.

The reporting I checked does not say who would run if the Cour de cassation rules against her. Worth checking back before assuming she's on the ballot.

Party site: rassemblementnational.fr

Sources: Public Sénat (7 July 2026), Le Club des juristes, LCP, pensions

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Right · Droite

Nouvelle Énergie, right (left Les Républicains)

• Announced on 31 March 2026 on France 2 and left Les Républicains, saying the party had not broken with its “ambiguities” or with Macronism
• Describes his project as “liberal, security-focused, educational and scientific”, developed with his movement Nouvelle Énergie
• Mayor of Cannes and president of the Association of Mayors of France; campaigns as a voice for local government
• Favors a large open primary on the right

Unverified: from April 2026 reporting.

Party site: unenouvelleenergie.fr

Sources: LCP (1 April 2026), Toute l'Europe

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Left · Gauche

La France Insoumise (LFI), hard left

• Announced on 3 May 2026 on TF1, his fourth consecutive presidential run (after 2012, 2017 and 2022)
• Named war, climate change and the economic and social crisis as the reasons to run, and presented a team around him with the line "a team, a programme and a single candidate"
• Calls the Rassemblement National his main opponent
• Proposes a return to retirement at 60 with 40 years of contributions
• Earlier reporting described a platform built around environmental policy and higher taxes on wealth

Unverified: points are from May and June 2026 reporting. The environment and wealth-tax line comes from an outside summary, not his own program.

Party site: lafranceinsoumise.fr

Sources: LCP, candidacy, LCP, pensions (19 June 2026), South China Morning Post

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Centre · Centre

Horizons, centre-right, pro-European

• First to declare, in September 2024. Mayor of Le Havre; Prime Minister from 2017 to 2020
• Pensions: raise the legal age gradually to 65 with 45 years of contributions, with about one-third of workers exempt
• Public sector: replace only two of every three retiring civil servants (about 250,000 fewer posts over five years); cut maximum unemployment benefit duration from 18 to 12 months for under-50s
• Work incentive: exempt employees from social contributions on two extra hours a week; replace family allowances with a single 350 euro monthly allowance per child, decreasing with income
• Immigration: halve legal immigration to well under 200,000 residence permits a year; create an EU-wide list of safe countries whose nationals could not claim asylum
• Climate: a single adaptation fund of 2 billion euros a year
• Plans about twenty ordinances at an extraordinary parliamentary session in July 2027

Party site: horizonsleparti.fr

Source: Euronews (9 October 2026)

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Sovereigntist · Souverainiste

Les Patriotes, sovereigntist

• Announced on 9 May 2026 on France 2. Former Front National vice-president who left the party after the 2017 election
• Supports taking France out of the EU and NATO, and says voters should not be forced into a “duel” between Mélenchon and Bardella, or between Philippe and Bardella
• Has said he would withdraw if Philippe de Villiers runs, as a more unifying sovereigntist candidate
• In 2022 he gathered only one of the 500 sponsorships required

Unverified: from May 2026 reporting.

Source: Sud Radio (9 May 2026)

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Right · Droite

Les Républicains (LR), conservative right

• Announced his run on 12 February 2026; LR members designated him as the party's candidate in April 2026 (73.8%)
• Presents himself as the candidate of "order, justice and French pride," with identity issues central; says work should come before welfare and the state cannot spend more than it earns
• Proposes putting major laws, including drastically reducing immigration, to voters by referendum, and restoring the primacy of French national law
• Promises a major overhaul of the criminal justice system and a more "progress-oriented" environmental policy
• On pensions: raise the departure age to 65

Unverified: from February and June 2026 reporting. His program is still being developed.

Party site: republicains.fr

Sources: Public Sénat (12 February 2026), Toute l'Europe (designation vote), LCP, pensions

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Left · Gauche

Parti communiste français (PCF), left

• Party members approved his candidacy with about 72% in a vote from 3 to 6 September 2026; he announced it on TF1 on 6 September. He won 2.28% in 2022
• Focus on living standards: "a job that pays properly"
• Says the PCF has the only climate plan with a carbon trajectory, and backs reindustrializing France
• Wants a crackdown on tax fraud and evasion, with penalties including prison, loss of civic rights or community service
• Says he is independent from La France Insoumise and does not intend to take votes from other left candidates

Source: LCP

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Left · Gauche

Debout !, left

• Announced on 25 April 2026 in Lyon as the candidate of his movement Debout !
• Themes: working conditions, wages, housing and physically demanding jobs. Proposes raising the minimum wage to 1,700 euros net a month, early retirement for the hardest jobs, and higher pay for work before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m.
• Critical of large companies and tax inequalities
• Was not a candidate in the Socialist-led primary that Glucksmann won, and Toute l'Europe reports he will run whether or not the left unites

Unverified: from April 2026 reporting.

Sources: Lyon Capitale (26 April 2026), Toute l'Europe, Parlons Politique

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Far right · Extrême droite

Reconquête, far right

• Said on BFMTV on 17 September 2026, "you understood, I will be a candidate for the presidency"
• Finished fourth in 2022 with 7.07%
• Sarah Knafo, a Reconquête MEP, had been considered as a possible candidate; he says they will campaign together
• Toute l'Europe notes that his formal declaration is still expected, so he is listed as announced rather than fully declared
• No policy platform in the reporting I found yet

Not officially stated: he has not published a platform yet.

Source: LCP

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Weighing a run or not yet confirmed

These names are either waiting on a party decision, have not formally declared, or are only being talked about. They move to full entries if and when they declare.

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