Overview
- The first round is being held by electronic vote over Friday and Saturday, October 9–10, with 140,282 people registered and polls closing Saturday at 20:00.
- Five options appear on the ballot: Olivier Faure, Raphaël Glucksmann, Jérôme Guedj, Emmanuel Maurel and Ségolène Royal, plus a blank‑vote choice.
- Raphaël Glucksmann enters the vote as the polling favourite but faces repeated questions about his experience and accusations from Olivier Faure that he represents a 'centrist option' that could erase the PS from the presidential contest.
- The vote is run by an independent electronic provider that issues personalized IDs and passwords, gives voters an acknowledgement after they confirm their choice, and the PS also offers in‑person tablet voting points at local offices.
- If no candidate wins an absolute majority the top two may go to a runoff on October 16–17 with all first‑round registrants kept on the roll, and the winner will shape left‑of‑centre strategy and possible alliances for the 2027 campaign and legislature.