Open Science: The 2024 French Electoral Survey by CEVIPOF published by the CDSP

Since its creation in 2005, the Centre for Socio-Political Data (CDSP) has documented and made available to the academic community numerous key CEVIPOF surveys, including the French Electoral Panel, conducted by CEVIPOF since 2002. In February 2026, the CDSP released the ‘Enquête électorale française 2024’ (ENEF), produced by CEVIPOF, on its Data Repository. This survey continues a series of major datasets already available through the CDSP.

As a trusted repository specialized in the preservation and dissemination of socio-political surveys, the CDSP Data Repository was awarded the prestigious CoreTrustSeal certification in 2023. Only seven institutions in France hold this certification, and the CDSP remains the only one in the field of quantitative social sciences.

The survey questions will also be published in 2026 in the CDSP’s ReQuest question bank. The ReQuest platform enables question-level search and enhanced data exploration, complementing the CDSP Data Repository. Through these developments, the CDSP continues to improve its services for the academic community and beyond.

What is ENEF 2024?

L'ENEF 2024 is a web-based panel representative of voters in mainland France, comprising more than 10,000 registered voters. It allows for the analysis of electoral behavior between 2023 and 2024.

Participants, surveyed across seven waves, complete online questionnaires designed by researchers. The panel tracks changes in opinions in response to political, social, and geopolitical events related to the 2024 European and legislative elections.

The data and metadata are structured by the CDSP and CEVIPOF in accordance with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), ensuring their long-term preservation and reuse.

Who is it for? How to access the data?

The procedure for downloading the data is described here.

The data are available to the academic community (researchers, students, engineers, etc.) under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Users must accept the terms and conditions of use before downloading the data. These conditions require secondary users to respect data integrity, proper citation, and respondent anonymity.

Access to the ReQuest platform is open to anyone with an internet connection, thereby supporting participatory research.

The 2022 French Electoral Survey will also be made available in 2026.