2006 French Socialist Party presidential primary

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. (June 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Socialist Party presidential primary, 2006

← 1995 16 November 2006 2011 →

Nominee Ségolène Royal Dominique Strauss-Kahn Laurent Fabius Party PS PS PS Popular vote 108,807 37,118 33,487 Percentage 60.65% 20.69% 18.66%

Results by department and region

Previous Socialist nominee Lionel Jospin Socialist nominee Ségolène Royal

The Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006 was the selection process by which members of the Socialist Party of France chose their candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. In a nationwide vote on 16 November 2006, members of the party chose the regional president of Poitou-Charentes, Ségolène Royal. This historic vote made Royal the first woman to be nominated by a major party for the office of President of France.

Royal faced two significant rivals in the campaign, a former Minister of Finance, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and a former Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius. With a lively public style and a dominant presence on the Internet, Royal managed to upend her more established opponents. She followed this victory with a spirited fight in the 2007 French presidential election, but ultimately lost to conservative UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy.