2027 French Presidential Election and Abstention
In April 2027, France will elect its next president through direct universal suffrage in two rounds. It is also in April 2027 that millions of registered voters will choose not to vote. This site records their decision and reasons before the election, so abstention is no longer just a number without a voice.
What is the 2027 presidential election?
The 2027 French presidential election will take place in April 2027, with a first round followed two weeks later by a potential second round if no candidate achieves an absolute majority in the first. The elected president will serve a five-year term.
The voting system is direct universal suffrage in two rounds: each citizen registered on electoral rolls votes directly for a candidate. If no candidate exceeds 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two leading candidates face each other in the second round.
The precise calendar (dates of voting Sundays) will be set by decree of the Constitutional Council. Once an official date is published, this page will be updated.
The 2022 context
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election, nearly 13 million voters stayed home — more than the votes received by any candidate. In the second round, abstention reached 28%, and blank votes quadrupled compared to the first round. More than one in three registered voters expressed no choice between the two finalists.
The elected candidate obtained 58.55% of valid votes, but only 38.5% of registered voters — and less than 23% by conviction according to exit polls, the rest being anti-vote.
→ Read the official figures: the 2022 minority mandate
→ Understanding abstention: why 13 million in 2022
What this site does for the 2027 presidential election
Appstention 2027 records abstention declarations before the election, with three guarantees:
- Email validation: each declaration is validated via a link sent by email, one declaration per address. Not a poll, not an estimate.
- Anonymous publication: reasons and any testimony are published anonymously after moderation. Email addresses remain private and are never publicly linked to testimonies.
- Documented reasons: each declarant selects one or more reasons (no candidate represents me, voting changes nothing, distrust, refusal to consent, etc.) and can add a free-form testimony, published verbatim.
The public counter displays the total of validated declarations. Reasons are aggregated and visible in real time. Testimonies are published as-is on the homepage and cited in public reports at each milestone (100, 1000, 10000, etc.).
Goal: by April 2027, abstention should no longer be just a percentage announced at 8 PM, but a public, sourced corpus, reusable by journalists, researchers, and citizens themselves.
What this site is not
This site does not campaign for abstention or any candidate. It is neither a poll, nor a prediction, nor a political party. Three essential points:
Not a party
Appstention 2027 supports no candidate, collects no donations, has no link to any party or the French state. It asks nobody to abstain: it listens to those who have already made that choice.
Not a campaign
This site asks nobody not to vote. It gives voice to a choice already made by millions of people, with no spokesperson and no documented trace. If you vote, you can help in other ways.
Not a poll
Declarations are validated by email, one per address, and recorded as they come. No estimate, no sample, no inflated numbers. The counter displays only actually validated declarations.
Declaring abstention for 2027
If you have already decided not to vote in the 2027 presidential election, you can declare your abstention now:
- You select your reasons (multiple choices possible)
- You can add a free testimony (optional)
- You validate by email, without creating an account
- Your declaration enters the public counter; your testimony is published anonymously after moderation
Declare my abstention for 2027
→ How to declare your abstention: complete guide in three steps
Not a French voter? This site still needs you: support, share, critique.
A legitimate question: why now?
In 2022, the reasons for abstention were only measured after the fact, through unverifiable polls. The 13 million non-voters left no documented trace, no public map, no usable corpus.
Recording declarations before the election changes everything: each reason is documented in advance, each testimony is published as-is, and the counter grows at the real pace of people. By April 2027, abstention will no longer be silence: it will have a corpus, verifiable numbers, and voices cited verbatim.
Frequently asked questions
Can I declare my abstention now for 2027?
Yes. If you have already decided not to vote in the 2027 presidential election, you can declare your abstention now. Your declaration will be recorded, validated by email, and your reason will enter the public counter.
What's the difference between abstention and blank vote for 2027?
A blank vote expresses rejection of candidates but validates the electoral procedure. Abstention withdraws consent from the system itself. Both are respectable political choices. Learn more about this difference.
Is this site campaigning for abstention in 2027?
No. This site asks nobody not to vote. It gives voice to a choice already made by millions of people. If you vote, you can help in other ways.
How many people have already declared abstention for 2027?
The public counter on the homepage displays the current number of email-validated declarations. The site just opened and the first declarants are founding the movement.