2022 The Republicans (France) leadership election

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Éric Ciotti (left) defeated Bruno Retailleau (right) in the leadership election, 53.7%–46.3% in the second round.

The 2022 The Republicans leadership election was held on 3–4 December (first round) and 10–11 December 2022 (second round) following the resignation of Christian Jacob.^[1]^[2]

Éric Ciotti was elected to lead the party, winning in the second round against Bruno Retailleau.^[3]

Results

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Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Voice	%	Voice	%
Éric Ciotti	LR	28,297	42.73	33,609	53.70
Bruno Retailleau	LR	22,815	34.45	28,977	46.30
Aurélien Pradié	LR	14,765	22.29
Votes cast		65,877	99.48	62,586
Blank and invalid votes		339	0.51
Total		66,216	100		100
Abstention		24,894	27.32		30.25
Registered / participation		91,110	72.68	91,105	69.75

References

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^ "Présidence LR : l'unique débat avant le premier tour organisé sur LCI ce lundi à 20h30". TF1 INFO (in French). 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
^ "Congrès LR : Ciotti et Retailleau accèdent au second tour". Le Point (in French). 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
^ "Right-winger Ciotti wins French conservative party leadership". Reuters. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

v t e The Republicans
Predecessors	Rally of the French People (1947–1955) National Centre of Social Republicans (1954–1958) Union for the New Republic (1958–1967) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
Presidents	Nicolas Sarkozy (2015–2016) Laurent Wauquiez (2016 ad interim, 2017–2019) Jean Leonetti (2019 ad interim) Christian Jacob (2019–2022) Annie Genevard (2022 ad interim) Éric Ciotti (2022–present)
Secretaries-general	Laurent Wauquiez (2015) Éric Woerth (2015–2016) Bernard Accoyer (2016–2017) Annie Genevard (2017–2019) Aurélien Pradié (2019–present)
Presidential candidates	François Fillon (2017) Valérie Pécresse (2022)
Elections	2016 presidential primary 2017 leadership election 2019 leadership election 2021 presidential primary 2022 leadership election
Parliamentary groups	National Assembly Senate