This page lists public opinion polls conducted for the 2012 French legislative elections, which were held in two rounds on 10 and 17 June 2012.
Unless otherwise noted, all polls listed below are compliant with the regulations of the national polling commission (Commission nationale des sondages) and utilize the quota method.
The averages in the graphs below were constructed using polls listed below conducted by the nine major French pollsters. The graphs are smoothed 14-day weighted moving averages, using only the most recent poll conducted by any given pollster within that range (each poll weighted based on recency).
The comparison for the Left Front with 2007 is made against the French Communist Party and the New Centre against "presidential majority" candidates. Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions and the Movement for France, which were counted individually in 2007, are included in the miscellaneous right total for that year, which would otherwise be 2.47%.
Projections marked with an asterisk (*) were calculated based only on the first round results, not surveys before the second round.
The Ipsos survey conducted from 13 to 14 June consisted of 1,015 respondents in 157 constituencies with left-right duels, 775 respondents in 36 constituencies EELV-right duels, and 685 respondents in 27 constituencies in constituencies with a left-right-FN triangulaire.
The comparison for the Left Front with 2007 is made against the French Communist Party. Movement for France, which was counted individually in 2007, is included in the miscellaneous right total for that year, which would otherwise be 9 otherwise.
No fieldwork date(s) were given for this poll; the date listed below is the publication date.
Didier Codorniou was eligible to continue through the second round, but instead withdrew and supported Marie-Hélène Fabre after the first round.
The TNS Sofres poll tested Jean-Pierre Nadal as the candidate of the FN; Laure-Emmanuelle Philippe was ultimately invested by the party.
René Raimondi was eligible to continue through the second round, but abandoned his candidacy to the benefit of Gaby Charroux.
The CSA poll tested José Rodriguez as the candidate of the FN; Béatrix Espallardo was ultimately invested by the party.
In the Ifop-Fiducial poll conducted in December 2011, no Europe Ecology â The Greens or National Front candidates were named, François Drageon was described as a miscellaneous right candidate, and Bruno Leal was tested as a candidate of the Democratic Movement.
After the first round, Alain Fillola, though eligible to continue to the second round, withdrew his candidacy.
In the Ifop poll conducted in May 2012, no National Front candidate was named.
Irina Kortanek was eligible to continue through the second round, but instead withdrew and supported Fernand Siré after the first round.
In the Ifop poll conducted in December 2011, no Left Front, Socialist Party, and Europe Ecology â The Greens candidates were named, Alain Lambert was tested as a candidate of the Democratic Movement, and Alain Dumait was tested as a candidate of the National Front.
The CSA poll in this constituency was commissioned by a group supporting Thierry Solère.
No fieldwork date(s) were given for this poll; the date listed below is the publication date.
No fieldwork date(s) were given for this poll; the date listed below is the publication date.
In the Ifop poll conducted in May 2012, no National Front candidate was named.
The CSA poll in this constituency was commissioned by a group supporting Thierry Solère.