The 2002 French presidential election consisted of two rounds.
The second round attracted a greater than usual amount of international
attention because of far-right candidate Le Pen's unexpected victory over
Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin. The event is known because, on the one
hand, the number of candidates was unusually high (16) and, on the other
hand, because the polls had failed to predict that Jean-Marie Le Pen would be
on the second round.
Further comments at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_French_presidential_election.