2021 French Green Party presidential primary
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The 2021 Ecology primary took place on 19 and 28 September 2021 to nominate the candidate of the Ecologist Pole electoral coalition for the 2022 French presidential election.
The primary was open to any French citizen over the age of 16, who paid a small fee and agreed to the coalition's charter. 122,670 voters were registered, which was 7 times more than in the 2016 primary, with over 85% taking part in the two rounds of voting.
There were five candidates in the running:
Yannick Jadot
Sandrine Rousseau
Delphine Batho
Éric Piolle
Jean-Marc Governatori
The first round was close, with 4 of the 5 candidates receiving over 20% of the vote. Jadot, the frontrunner, and Rousseau progressed to the second round, while the others were eliminated. On 28 September, Jadot narrowly won the second round, with 51.03% of the voteand became the nominee.
Electoral System
Registration
Applications of candidates and their sponsorships were submitted in July 2021.
Any citizen over 16 could register to vote in the primary before September 12 through paying €2 and the signing of a "charter of ecological values".
The primary took place in two rounds, with the first round taking place from 16 to 19 September, and then the second round from 25 to 28 September. 122,670 voters were registered, a number well above the 17,000 registered for the 2016 primary.
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