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The People's Primary (French: La Primaire Populaire) is a nomination vote launched by independent activists to nominate a common left-wing candidate for the 2022 French presidential election. The process involved two steps. Firstly, an online sponsorship of potential participants was started in July 2021 and completed in October 2021. After this, a vote among seven candidates took place from 27 to 30 January 2022, three of whom declined to participate in the primary.[1] The primary was conducted according to a majority judgment voting system, in which all voters rate all candidates, with the candidate with the highest median rating winning.[2]
Christiane Taubira, the only well-known candidate who was willing to participate, won the primary. Yannick Jadot and Jean-Luc Mélenchon who came in second and third place respectively had not given their consent to be candidates. Taubira subsequently pulled out of the presidential race on 2 March 2022, citing the main reason being that she only achieved 181 of the 500 required sponsorships.[3] After Taubira withdrew from the race, the organizers of the primary announced their support for Mélenchon's campaign, despite finishing in third place by the voters.[4]
- ^ "A French citizens' initiative – the 'People's Primary' – aims to fix democracy". France 24. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Comment voter ?". La Primaire Populaire (in French). Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "French left-wing candidate Taubira fails to qualify for presidential race". Reuters. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "the People's Primary team announces support for the candidacy of Jean-Luc Mélenchon" (in French). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.