- The president is elected by direct universal suffrage from French voters who are over 18 years old. Every voters vote directly for a candidate.
- The president of the Republic is elected for a 5 year term which is renewable once.
- An absolute majority (>50%) is required to be elected at the end of the first round. Though, it hasn’t happened yet. Also, a blank ballot doesn’t count as a vote.
- If a candidate doesn’t get a majority in the first round, there is a second round 2 weeks later between the two candidates who got the most votes in the first round.
- To run for president every candidate needs to get at least 500 signatures from at least 30 different départements (administrative area). Also, no more than 10% of the total number of signatures should come from the same département.
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Reference: Service public, Comment est elu le president de la republique et pour combien de temps [website], https://www.vie-publique.fr/fiches/19427-comment-est-elu-le-president-de-la-republique-et-pour-combien-de-temps (accessed 8 December 2021)