This document lists the winners of the French presidential election for each election year from 1981 to 2007, with Nicolas Sarkozy winning in 2007, Jacques Chirac winning reelection in 2002 after previously winning in 1995, Francois Mitterand winning reelection in 1988 after initially winning in 1981, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing winning in 1974, Georges Pompidou winning in 1969, and Charles de Gaulle winning in 1959, which was the first presidential election of France's Fifth Republic.

1. Sarkozy, 2007

2. Chirac, 2002

3. Chirac, 1995

4. Mitterand, 1988

5. Mitterand, 1981

6. Giscard D’Estaing, 1974

7. Pompidou, 1969

8. De Gaulle, 1959