Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they do not have legislative autonomy, manage sizable budgets.
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The elections resulted in significant gains for the French Socialist Party (PS) and its allies, who went on to control 21 of the 22 regions of Metropolitan France.[1]
Situation
editFollowing the 2004 elections, which saw an historic victory of the left, largely led by the PS, only Alsace and Corsica were still run by the UMP. The left made gains in the national level in 2007 (presidential and legislative), and performed strongly in the 2008 municipal and cantonal elections. In metropolitan France, all incumbent left-wing Presidents are running for a second term in an election which generally favours popular incumbents and anti-government voting. Yet, the left is divided between the PS and Europe Ecology, which performed very strongly in the 2009 European elections.
The right, principally the UMP and its allies, were victorious in the 2007 presidential and legislative elections and also in the 2009 European elections. The right is favoured by its unity, notably by its new alliances with Philippe de Villiers' Movement for France and Frédéric Nihous' Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition. Yet, with this newfound unity, the right lacks a large vote reserve in the eventuality of a second round, where it could count only on partial support from supporters of the centrist MoDem and the far-right FN. In addition, the growing unpopularity of President Nicolas Sarkozy could have hurt the right in an election where voters tend to sanction the incumbent government in Paris.
On the far-right, The National Front has been weakened by its previous electoral failures since 2007, but nevertheless remains a significant force in French politics.[2][3][4]
Main political parties and strategies
editLeft
editThe parties to the left of the PS were divided over their electoral strategy. On one side, the far-left and the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) refuse to participate in an executive led by the PS; but the French Communist Party (PCF) wishes to continue its participation in a number of executives led by the PS.
The PCF finally decided to continue the Left Front with the Left Party (PG), first tested in the 2009 European elections. These lists would be independent in the first round, but would support (or merge) with a Socialist-led list in the runoff on the condition that the centrist MoDem doesn't do likewise. Yet, the final decision on the matter was transferred to the regional party members. In 17 of 22 regions, members approved the decision of an expanded Left Front; but in five regions, PCF members opted for a first-round alliance with the PS. These regions are Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Lower Normandy and Brittany. In these regions, however, dissident Communists joined with the NPA and the PG to create independent lists for the first round.[5]
The NPA's members voted on the party's strategy in December, and the independence strategy of the majority received support from only 36.3% of members, with 31.5% voting to continue discussions with the PCF-PG in the aim of obtaining a deal, and 28.5% rejected all talks with the FG. Finally, the NPA's executive opted to support independent lists of the "left of the left" in all regions in the first round and agreed to 'technical fusions' with other left-wing lists in the runoff (such as Left Front lists), without agreeing to participate in regional executives. In 11 regions, the NPA will fight alone, notably against a Left Front list. However, in three regions – Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin and Pays de la Loire, the NPA opted to support a Left Front list by the first round. Finally, in three of the five regions (except Brittany and Lorraine) where the PCF opted to support the PS by the first round, lists with the support of the PG were formed.
Contrarily to 2004, when it had run common lists with the LCR, the Workers' Struggle is running independent lists in all regions in 2010.
The Socialist Party was not able to renew the unity of the left behind it by the first round like in 2004. It received some support from dissident ecologists, as well as the support of the French Communist Party (PCF) in four regions (but not the support of the PCF's ally, the PG). It does have the support of the Left Radical Party in all regions except Brittany. In Poitou-Charentes, Ségolène Royal integrated five MoDem candidates on her lists.[6]
All the party's incumbents, except for the controversial Georges Frêche (already expelled from the party in 2005), were re-nominated. The PS, with Hélène Mandroux, will oppose Georges Frêche's list in Languedoc-Roussillon.
Ecologists
editStrong from its excellent result in the European elections, the Europe Ecology coalition was renewed around the Greens and associated parties and movements. Europe Ecology will run independently in all regions, with the intention of supporting the left in runoffs. However, the party's ultimate goal would be to wrest control of a major region, such as Île-de-France from the PS.[7] The coalition's candidates include the researcher Philippe Meirieu, magistrate Laurence Vichnievsky, the rural activist François Dufour or Augustin Legrand of the homeless' association les Enfants de Don Quichotte.
The Independent Ecological Alliance (AEI), after winning 3.6% in the European elections, is running independent lists in 10 regions.[8] The AEI signed electoral deals with Europe Ecology in Alsace and Midi-Pyrénées, with the MoDem in Auvergne, Franche-Comté, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes.
Corinne Lepage's Cap21, despite being a component of the MoDem, the party ended up supporting Europe Ecology over the MoDem.[9]
Centre
editAfter the deceiving result of the European elections, François Bayrou's MoDem decided to run autonomous lists in all regions by the first round but chose to clarify its runoff strategy only after the first round. However, due to Bayrou's strong opposition to Nicolas Sarkozy, it is deemed unlikely that any MoDem lists will merge with UMP lists for the runoffs.
The Presidential Majority
editNicolas Sarkozy was successful in his attempts to push for the unity of all the Presidential Majority by the first round around the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and its allies, notably the New Centre and the Movement for France. Three cabinet ministers and five secretaries of states are leading regional lists, and eight other cabinet members are present on the majority's lists.[10]
The New Centre obtained the top candidacy in Burgundy (with François Sauvadet) and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (with Valérie Létard), but not in Lower Normandy.
Despite the right's relative unity, there are a number of small dissidents lists in a number of regions.
Far-right
editThe National Front ran lists in all metropolitan regions. Jean-Marie Le Pen was a candidate in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and his daughter Marine Le Pen was a candidate in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
In Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the ex-MPF and ex-FN mayor of Orange Jacques Bompard was leading a list named "Ligue du Sud", and there was a similar "Ligue du midi" in Languedoc-Roussillon.
Furthermore, around the Party of France or smaller dissident parties, there were a number of dissident far-right lists in some regions.
Polling
editNationwide polling
edit| Party | OpinionWay 01/10/09 |
CSA 01/10/09[11] |
OpinionWay 29 October 2009[12] |
OpinionWay 19 November 2009[13] |
Ifop 20 November 2009[14] |
OpinionWay 10/12/09[15] |
CSA 17 January 2010[16] |
Ifop 26 January 2010[17] |
TNS Sofres 04/02/10[18] |
OpinionWay 08/02/10[18] |
CSA 14 February 2010[19] |
Ifop 17 February 2010[20] |
OpinionWay 20 February 2010[21] |
Ifop 28 February 2010[22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority[23] | 36% | 31% | 33% | 31% | 30% | 30% | 33% | 27% | 30% | 30% | 33% | 29.5% | 32% | 27.5% | |
| PS | 19% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 31% | |
| Europe Ecology | 16% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 13% | |
| FN | 6% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9.5% | |
| MoDem | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 6.5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | |
| Left Front | 8% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 6.5% | 5% | 6.5% | |
| NPA | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3.5% | 4% | 3% | 2.5% | 2% | 2% | |
| LO | — | 3% | — | — | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1.5% | |
| Others[24] | 3% | — | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | — | 8% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5.5% | 7% | 5% | |
| Party | CSA 01/03/10[25] |
TNS Sofres 04/03/10[26] |
OpinionWay 05/03/10[27] |
CSA 05/03/10[28] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority[23] | 29% | 30% | 31% | 27% | |
| PS | 30% | 28% | 27% | 31% | |
| Europe Ecology | 15% | 12% | 13% | 14% | |
| FN | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | |
| MoDem | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | |
| Left Front | 5% | 7% | 6% | 6% | |
| NPA | 2% | 1.5% | 3% | 2% | |
| LO | 2% | 2.5% | 1% | 2% | |
| Others[24] | 4% | 7% | 5% | 4% | |
National results
editAmong the 1880 seats, 41 were attributed at the first round (Guadeloupe) and 1839 at the second round.
First round
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Martine Aubry | 5,673,912 | 29.14 | 31[29] | |||
| Presidential Majority | Xavier Bertrand | 5,066,942 | 26.02 | 4[29] | |||
| EELV | Several parties | 2,372,379 | 12.18 | ||||
| FN | Jean-Marie Le Pen | 2,223,800 | 11.42 | ||||
| FG | Several parties | 1,137,250 | 5.84 | ||||
| MoDem | François Bayrou[30] | 817,560 | 4.20 | ||||
| Other parties | ???[31] | 11.20 | 6[29] | ||||
| Total votes | ??? | 100.00 | 41[29] | ||||
Abstention : 53.67%
Second round
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Left union of PS, Europe Ecology, Left Front | 9,834,486 | 46.40 | 1,006 | -40 | ||
| Presidential Majority | Xavier Bertrand | 7,497,649 | 35.38 | 511 | -11 | ||
| FN | Jean-Marie Le Pen | 1,943,307 | 9.17 | 118 | -38 | ||
| DVG | Different parties | 698,556 | 3.30 | 92 | +56 | ||
| PS | Regions where Left union was refused[32] | 660,189 | 3.11 | 58 | -22 | ||
| EELV | Refusing Left union in Brittany[32] | 207,435 | 0.98 | 11 | +11 | ||
| MoDem | François Bayrou[32] | 178,858 | 0.84 | 10 | +10 | ||
| Other parties | Different regional parties[32] | 117,742 | 0.56 | 27 | -13 | ||
| FG | Refusing Left union in Limousin and Picardy[32] | 56,092 | 0.26 | 6 | +6 | ||
| Total votes | 21,194,314 | 100.00 | 1839 | ||||
Abstention : 48.79%
Regional results
editThe following tables show the results in the first round of voting which took place on 14 March 2010 and, where applicable, in the second round of voting which took place on 21 March 2010.
Alsace
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Philippe Richert | 181,705 | 34.94 | +0.88 | 28 | +10 | |
| PS | Jacques Bigot | 98,629 | 18.97 | -1.15 | 8 | ±0 | |
| EELV | Jacques Fernique | 81,116 | 15.60 | +15.60 | 6 | +2 | |
| FN | Patrick Binder | 70,171 | 13.49 | -5.09 | 5 | -3 | |
| Alsace d'Abord | Jacques Cordonnier | 25,906 | 4.98 | -4.44 | 0 | ±0 | |
| MoDem | Yann Wehrling | 23,072 | 4.44 | +4.44 | 0 | -7 | |
| FG | Jean-Yves Causer | 9,695 | 1.86 | -1.87 | 0 | ±0 | |
| NPA | Yvan Zimmermann | 8,550 | 1.64 | -1.39 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Écologie Solidaire | Manuel Santiago | 8,376 | 1.61 | +1.61 | 0 | ±0 | |
| DVD | Patrick Striby | 8,303 | 1.60 | +1.60 | 0 | -2 | |
| LO | Julien Wostyn | 4,486 | 0.86 | +0.86 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Turnout | 520,009 | 41.64 | |||||
| Presidential Majority | Philippe Richert | 284,576 | 46.16 | +2.60 | 28 | +1 | |
| PS | Jacques Bigot | 242,113 | 39.27 | +4.83 | 14 | +2 | |
| FN | Patrick Binder | 89,832 | 14.57 | -7.43 | 5 | -3 | |
| Turnout | 616,521 | 49.37 | |||||
Aquitaine
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Alain Rousset | 406,869 | 37.63 | -0.79 | 45 | +1 | |
| Presidential Majority | Xavier Darcos | 238,367 | 22.05 | +3.65 | 17 | +5 | |
| MoDem | Jean Lassalle | 112,737 | 10.43 | -5.63 | 10 | +1 | |
| EELV | Monique De Marco | 105,405 | 9.75 | +9.75 | 10 | +1 | |
| FN | Jacques Colombier | 89,378 | 8.27 | 3.18 | 0 | -7 | |
| FG | Gérard Boulanger | 64,370 | 5.95 | +1.60 | 3 | +3 | |
| NPA | Philippe Poutou | 27,264 | 2.52 | -1.59 | 0 | ±0 | |
| AEI | Michel Chrétien | 20,943 | 1.94 | +1.94 | 0 | ±0 | |
| LO | Nelly Malaty | 8,522 | 0.79 | +0.79 | 0 | ±0 | |
| EAJ/PNV | Jean Tellechea | 7,092 | 0.66 | +0.66 | 0 | ±0 | |
| AB | Xavier-Philippe Larralde | 250 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Turnout | 1,081,197 | 49.56 | |||||
| PS | Alain Rousset | 643,763 | 56.33 | +1.46 | 58 | +2 | |
| Presidential Majority | Xavier Darcos | 320,137 | 28.01 | -5.45 | 17 | -4 | |
| MoDem | Jean Lassalle | 178,858 | 15.65 | +15.65 | 10 | +10 | |
| Turnout | 1,142,758 | 50.12 | |||||
Auvergne
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Alain Marleix | 137,199 | 28.72 | -7.67 | 14 | +2 | |
| PS | René Souchon | 133,923 | 28.03 | -0.19 | 17 | -1 | |
| FG | André Chassaigne | 68,050 | 14.24 | +5.04 | 9 | +2 | |
| EELV | Christian Bouchardy | 51,092 | 10.69 | +5.08 | 7 | +2 | |
| FN | Éric Faurot | 40,098 | 8.39 | -1.19 | 0 | ±0 | |
| MoDem | Michel Fanget | 21,523 | 4.51 | +4.51 | 0 | -3 | |
| NPA | Alain Laffont | 20,031 | 4.19 | -0.09 | 0 | ±0 | |
| LO | Marie Savre | 5,832 | 1.22 | +1.22 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Turnout | 477,748 | 48.00 | |||||
| PS | René Souchon | 305,828 | 59.68 | +7.01 | 33 | +3 | |
| Presidential Majority | Alain Marleix | 206,613 | 40.32 | -7.01 | 14 | -3 | |
| Turnout | 512,441 | 51.55 | |||||
Brittany
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 408,554 | 37.19 | -1.29 | 52 | +6 | |
| Presidential Majority | Bernadette Malgorn | 260,645 | 23.73 | -1.87 | 20 | -5 | |
| EELV | Guy Hascoët | 134,112 | 12.21 | +2.51 | 11 | ±0 | |
| FN | Jean-Paul Félix | 67,870 | 6.18 | -2.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
| MoDem | Bruno Joncour | 58,841 | 5.36 | +5.36 | 0 | ±0 | |
| PB | Christian Troadec | 47,108 | 4.29 | +4.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
| PG | Gérard Perron | 38,559 | 3.51 | +3.51 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Terres de Bretagne | Charles Laot | 29,029 | 2.64 | +2.64 | |||
| NPA | Laurence de Bouard | 27,401 | 2.49 | -2.29 | 0 | ±0 | |
| LO | Valérie Hamon | 16,129 | 1.47 | +1.47 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Solidarity and Progress | Alexandre Noury | 10,306 | 0.94 | +0.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,098,554 | 47.09 | |||||
| PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 600,256 | 50.27 | -8.72 | 52 | +6 | |
| Presidential Majority | Bernadette Malgorn | 386,394 | 32.36 | -8.85 | 20 | -5 | |
| EELV | Guy Hascoët | 207,435 | 17.37 | +17.37 | 11 | +11 | |
| Turnout | 1,194,085 | 51.18 | |||||
Burgundy
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | François Patriat | 187,345 | 36.31 | +0.30 | |||
| Presidential Majority | François Sauvadet | 148,779 | 28.83 | +7.05 | |||
| FN | Édouard Ferrand | 62,147 | 12.04 | -3.73 | 6 | ±0 | |
| EELV | Philippe Hervieu | 50,757 | 9.84 | ||||
| NPA | Sylvie Faye-Pastor | 22,290 | 4.32 | ||||
| MoDem | François Deseille | 19,464 | 3.77 | -9.21 | |||
| AEI | Julien Gonzalez | 10,524 | 2.04 | ||||
| LO | Claire Rocher | 8,062 | 1.56 | ||||
| MRC | Joël Mekhantar | 6,641 | 1.29 | ||||
| Turnout | 516,009 | 44.27 | |||||
| PS | François Patriat | 305,226 | 52.65 | +0.16 | 37 | ±0 | |
| Presidential Majority | François Sauvadet | 194,370 | 33.53 | +1.39 | 14 | ±0 | |
| FN | Édouard Ferrand | 80,113 | 13.82 | -1.55 | 6 | ±0 | |
| Turnout | 579,709 | 49.71 | |||||
Centre
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Hervé Novelli | 227,408 | 29.02 | +8.38 | |||
| PS | François Bonneau | 221,199 | 28.22 | -9.93 | |||
| EELV | Jean Delavergne | 91,389 | 11.66 | +11.66 | |||
| FN | Philippe Loiseau | 87,864 | 11.21 | -6.31 | |||
| FG | Marie-France Beaufils | 59,050 | 7.53 | +7.53 | |||
| MoDem | Marc Fesneau | 39,818 | 5.08 | -8.62 | |||
| Party of France | Jean Verdon | 27,841 | 3.55 | +3.55 | |||
| NPA | Michel Lasserre | 20,341 | 2.60 | -0.21 | |||
| LO | Farida Megdoud | 8,839 | 1.13 | -1.67 | |||
| Turnout | 783,749 | 44.04 | -17.57 | ||||
| PS | François Bonneau | 443,310 | 50.01 | +0.86 | 49 | +1 | |
| Presidential Majority | Hervé Novelli | 323,178 | 36.46 | +2.07 | 21 | +1 | |
| FN | Philippe Loiseau | 120,001 | 13.54 | -2.92 | 7 | -2 | |
| Turnout | 886,489 | 49.82 | -15.32 | ||||
Champagne-Ardenne
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Jean-Luc Warsmann | 120,471 | 31.77 | +5.11 | |||
| PS | Jean-Paul Bachy | 117,596 | 31.01 | +3.07 | |||
| FN | Bruno Subtil | 60,261 | 15.89 | -3.83 | |||
| EELV | Eric Loiselet | 32,160 | 8.48 | +0.97 | |||
| NPA | Anthony Smith | 18,448 | 4.87 | -0.13 | |||
| MoDem | Marie Grafteaux-Paillard | 16,470 | 4.34 | -6.77 | |||
| AEI | Ghislain Wysocinski | 7,529 | 1.99 | +1.99 | |||
| LO | Thomas Rose | 6,244 | 1.65 | +1.65 | |||
| Turnout | 379,179 | 41.32 | -17.40 | ||||
| PS | Jean-Paul Bachy | 190,162 | 44.31 | +2.42 | 29 | +1 | |
| Presidential Majority | Jean-Luc Warsmann | 165,261 | 38.49 | -1.34 | 14 | -4 | |
| FN | Bruno Subtil | 73,710 | 17.19 | -1.09 | 6 | ±0 | |
| Turnout | 429,133 | 46.75 | -16.00 | ||||
Corsica
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Camille de Rocca Serra | 27,903 | 21.34 | -6.75 | |||
| Party of the Corsican Nation | Gilles Simeoni | 24,057 | 18.40 | +6.26 | |||
| PRG | Paul Giacobbi | 20,242 | 15.48 | +5.00 | |||
| FG | Dominique Bucchini | 13,108 | 10.02 | +3.40 | |||
| CL | Jean-Guy Talamoni | 12,236 | 9.36 | +9.36 | |||
| PRG | Émile Zuccarelli | 10,523 | 8.05 | -4.91 | |||
| DVG | Simon Renucci | 8,688 | 6.64 | +0.84 | |||
| MoDem | Jean Toma | 5,554 | 4.25 | +2.72 | |||
| FN | Antoine Cardi | 5,438 | 4.16 | -0.31 | |||
| AEI | Jean-François Baccarelli | 2,426 | 1.86 | +1.86 | |||
| DVD | Jean-François Battini | 599 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |||
| Turnout | 130,774 | 61.31 | -11.17 | ||||
| PRG | Paul Giacobbi | 52,663 | 36.62 | 24 | ±0 | ||
| Presidential Majority | Camille de Rocca Serra | 39,765 | 27.65 | 12 | -7 | ||
| Party of the Corsican Nation | Gilles Simeoni | 37,224 | 25.88 | 11 | +3 | ||
| CL | Jean-Guy Talamoni | 14,159 | 9.85 | 4 | +4 | ||
| Turnout | 143,811 | 67.42 | |||||
Franche-Comté
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Alain Joyandet | 128,225 | 32.13 | ||||
| PS | Marie-Marguerite Dufay | 119,159 | 29.86 | ||||
| FN | Sophie Montel | 52,440 | 13.14 | ||||
| EELV | Alain Fousseret | 37,333 | 9.36 | ||||
| FG | Evelyne Ternant | 16,171 | 4.05 | ||||
| MoDem | Christophe Grudler | 14,036 | 3.52 | ||||
| NPA | Laurence Lyonnais | 13,086 | 3.28 | ||||
| Party of France | Christophe Devillers | 9,820 | 2.46 | ||||
| Écologie Solidaire | Claude Buchot | 4,471 | 1.12 | ||||
| LO | Michel Treppo | 4,314 | 1.08 | ||||
| Turnout | 399,055 | 49.35 | |||||
| PS | Marie-Marguerite Dufay | 214,582 | 47.43 | 27 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Alain Joyandet | 173,505 | 38.35 | 12 | |||
| FN | Sophie Montel | 64,370 | 14.23 | 4 | |||
| Turnout | 452,457 | 55.77 | |||||
Guadeloupe
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Victorin Lurel | 78,261 | 56.51 | 31 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Blaise Aldo | 19,405 | 14.01 | 4 | |||
| DVG | Éric Jalton | 17,175 | 12.40 | 4 | |||
| Collectif Des Inkoruptibles | Cédric Cornet | 9,634 | 6.96 | 2 | |||
| LO | Jean-Marie Nomertin | 3,911 | 2.82 | ||||
| GUSR | Jeanny Marc | 3,903 | 2.82 | ||||
| DVD | Octavie Losio | 2,871 | 2.07 | ||||
| Far left | Alain Plaisir | 1,958 | 1.41 | ||||
| DVG | Alain Lesueur | 1,377 | 0.99 | ||||
| Turnout | 138,495 | 47.41 | |||||
Guiana
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Rodolphe Alexandre | 12,201 | 40.61 | ||||
| PRG | Christiane Taubira (Walwari) | 6,916 | 23.02 | ||||
| DVD | Joëlle Prévôt-Madère | 2,225 | 7.41 | ||||
| PSG | Gabriel Serville | 1,845 | 6.14 | ||||
| EELV | José Gaillou | 1,582 | 5.27 | ||||
| DVG | Chantal Berthelot | 1,532 | 5.10 | ||||
| Democratic Forces of Guiana | Gil Horth | 1,443 | 4.80 | ||||
| DVD | Roger Arel | 1,274 | 4.24 | ||||
| DVD | Gilbert Fossé | 725 | 2.41 | ||||
| PS | Léon Jean-Baptiste-Édouard | 301 | 1.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,044 | 43.13 | |||||
| Presidential Majority | Rodolphe Alexandre | 19,152 | 56.11 | 21 | |||
| PRG | Christiane Taubira (Walwari) | 14,982 | 43.89 | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 34,134 | 49.00 | |||||
Île-de-France
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Valérie Pécresse | 802,096 | 27.76 | ||||
| PS | Jean-Paul Huchon | 729,861 | 25.26 | ||||
| EELV | Cécile Duflot | 479,039 | 16.58 | ||||
| FN | Marie-Christine Arnautu | 268,313 | 9.29 | ||||
| FG | Pierre Laurent | 189,187 | 6.55 | ||||
| DLR | Nicolas Dupont-Aignan | 119,835 | 4.15 | ||||
| MoDem | Alain Dolium | 114,984 | 3.98 | ||||
| NPA | Olivier Besancenot | 90,322 | 3.13 | ||||
| AEI | Jean-Marc Governatori | 40,371 | 1.40 | ||||
| DVD | Axel de Boer | 24,686 | 0.85 | ||||
| LO | Jean-Pierre Mercier | 18,286 | 0.63 | ||||
| DVG | Almamy Kanoute | 12,242 | 0.42 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,889,222 | 42.71 | |||||
| PS | Jean-Paul Huchon | 1,720,644 | 56.69 | 142 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Valérie Pécresse | 1,314,580 | 43.31 | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 3,035,224 | 44.87 | |||||
La Réunion
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR | Paul Vergès | 71,602 | 30.23 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Didier Robert | 62,581 | 26.42 | ||||
| PS | Michel Vergoz | 30,941 | 13.06 | ||||
| DVD | Jean-Paul Virapoullé | 15,952 | 6.73 | ||||
| DVD | Nadia Ramassamy | 14,014 | 5.92 | ||||
| DVD | André Thien-Ah-Koon | 12,734 | 5.38 | ||||
| DVD | Eric Magamootoo | 11,809 | 4.99 | ||||
| EELV | Vincent Defaud | 11,685 | 4.93 | ||||
| Nasion Rénioné | Aniel Boyer | 2,097 | 0.89 | ||||
| LO | Jean-Yves Payet | 1,944 | 0.82 | ||||
| DVD | Johny Arnachellum | 1,267 | 0.53 | ||||
| DVD | Daniel Pouny | 231 | 0.10 | ||||
| Turnout | 236,857 | 43.03 | |||||
| Presidential Majority | Didier Robert | 143,485 | 45.46 | 27 | |||
| PCR | Paul Vergès | 112,201 | 35.55 | 12 | |||
| PS | Michel Vergoz | 59,933 | 18.99 | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 315,619 | 57.33 | |||||
Languedoc-Roussillon
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVG | Georges Frêche | 304,810 | 34.28 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Raymond Couderc | 174,519 | 19.63 | ||||
| FN | France Jamet | 112,646 | 12.67 | ||||
| EELV | Jean-Louis Roumegas | 81,119 | 9.12 | ||||
| FG | René Revol | 76,414 | 8.59 | ||||
| PS | Hélène Mandroux | 68,788 | 7.74 | ||||
| AEI | Patrice Drevet | 34,440 | 3.87 | ||||
| CNIP | Christian Jeanjean | 18,017 | 2.03 | ||||
| Party of France | Jean-Claude Martinez | 6,607 | 0.74 | ||||
| LS | Richard Roudier | 6,086 | 0.68 | ||||
| LO | Liberto Plana | 5,628 | 0.63 | ||||
| Turnout | 889,074 | 47.98 | |||||
| DVG | Georges Frêche | 493,180 | 54.19 | 44 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Raymond Couderc | 240,556 | 26.43 | 13 | |||
| FN | France Jamet | 176,380 | 19.38 | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 910,116 | 49.11 | |||||
Limousin
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jean-Paul Denanot | 106,152 | 38.06 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Raymond Archer | 67,381 | 24.16 | ||||
| FG | Christian Audouin | 36,619 | 13.13 | ||||
| EELV | Ghilaine Jeannot-Pagès | 27,147 | 9.73 | ||||
| FN | Nicole Daccord-Gauthier | 21,638 | 7.76 | ||||
| MoDem | Jean-Jacques Bélézy | 9,925 | 3.56 | ||||
| AEI | Jean-Louis Ranc | 5,665 | 2.03 | ||||
| LO | Elizabeth Faucon | 4,366 | 1.57 | ||||
| Turnout | 278,893 | 50.92 | |||||
| PS | Jean-Paul Denanot | 140,826 | 47.95 | 27 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Raymond Archer | 96,788 | 32.95 | 10 | |||
| FG | Christian Audouin | 56,092 | 19.10 | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 293,706 | 53.61 | |||||
Lorraine
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jean-Pierre Masseret | 227,060 | 34.36 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Laurent Hénart | 157,080 | 23.77 | ||||
| FN | Thierry Gourlot | 98,286 | 14.87 | ||||
| EELV | Daniel Béguin | 60,516 | 9.16 | ||||
| MoDem | Claude Bellei | 20,905 | 3.16 | ||||
| MNR | Annick Martin | 19,850 | 3.00 | ||||
| PG | Philippe Leclercq | 19,809 | 3.00 | ||||
| AEI | Jean-Claude Kaas | 16,277 | 2.46 | ||||
| DLR | Jean-Luc André | 14,880 | 2.25 | ||||
| NPA | Jean-Noël Bouet | 14,819 | 2.24 | ||||
| LO | Mario Rinaldi | 8,537 | 1.29 | ||||
| MPF | Victor Villa | 2,346 | 0.35 | ||||
| DVG | Patrice Lefeuvre | 524 | 0.08 | ||||
| Turnout | 660,889 | 39.66 | |||||
| PS | Jean-Pierre Masseret | 375,660 | 50.01 | 46 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Laurent Hénart | 237,019 | 31.55 | 17 | |||
| FN | Thierry Gourlot | 138,549 | 18.44 | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 751,228 | 45.11 | |||||
Lower Normandy
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Laurent Beauvais | 157,007 | 32.55 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Jean-François Le Grand | 133,558 | 27.69 | ||||
| EELV | François Dufour | 57,912 | 12.01 | ||||
| MoDem | Rodolphe Thomas | 42,942 | 8.90 | ||||
| FN | Valérie Dupont | 41,942 | 8.70 | ||||
| NPA | Christine Coulon | 24,046 | 4.99 | ||||
| Party of France | Fernand Le Rachinel | 17,898 | 3.71 | ||||
| LO | Pierre Casevitz | 6,982 | 1.45 | ||||
| Turnout | 482,287 | 45.19 | |||||
| PS | Laurent Beauvais | 296,192 | 57.15 | 32 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Jean-François Le Grand | 222,053 | 42.85 | 15 | |||
| Turnout | 518,245 | 48.58 | |||||
Martinique
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPM | Serge Letchimy | 51,796 | 40.05 | ||||
| MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 41,595 | 32.16 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | André Lesueur | 13,570 | 10.49 | ||||
| RDM | Madeleine de Grandmaison | 8,866 | 6.85 | ||||
| BPM | Pierre Samot | 5,131 | 3.97 | ||||
| LO | Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud | 3,507 | 2.71 | ||||
| DVG | Guy Lordinot | 2,448 | 1.89 | ||||
| MoDem | Max Orville | 1,348 | 1.04 | ||||
| DVD | Jean-Claude Granier | 1,082 | 0.84 | ||||
| Turnout | 129,343 | 42.93 | |||||
| PPM | Serge Letchimy | 78,193 | 48.35 | 26 | |||
| MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 66,359 | 41.03 | 12 | |||
| Presidential Majority | André Lesueur | 17,187 | 10.63 | 3 | |||
| Turnout | 161,739 | 53.69 | |||||
Midi-Pyrénées
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Martin Malvy | 415,096 | 40.93 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Brigitte Barèges | 220,624 | 21.75 | ||||
| EELV | Gérard Onesta | 136,543 | 13.46 | ||||
| FN | Frédéric Cabrolier | 95,689 | 9.44 | ||||
| FG | Christian Picquet | 70,077 | 6.91 | ||||
| MoDem | Arnaud Lafon | 38,290 | 3.78 | ||||
| NPA | Myriam Martin | 29,319 | 2.89 | ||||
| LO | Sandra Torremocha | 8,548 | 0.84 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,014,186 | 49.76 | |||||
| PS | Martin Malvy | 705,449 | 67.77 | 69 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Brigitte Barèges | 335,518 | 32.23 | 22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,040,967 | 51.08 | |||||
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Daniel Percheron | 358,185 | 29.16 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Valérie Létard | 233,374 | 19.00 | ||||
| FN | Marine Le Pen | 224,870 | 18.31 | ||||
| FG | Alain Bocquet | 132,450 | 10.78 | ||||
| EELV | Jean-François Caron | 126,989 | 10.34 | ||||
| MoDem | Olivier Henno | 48,245 | 3.93 | ||||
| CNIP | François Dubout | 37,050 | 3.02 | ||||
| NPA | Pascale Montel | 36,869 | 3.00 | ||||
| LO | Eric Pecqueur | 17,700 | 1.44 | ||||
| Young Farmers | Mickaël Poillion | 12,649 | 1.03 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,228,381 | 42.80 | |||||
| PS | Daniel Percheron | 704,181 | 51.89 | 73 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Valérie Létard | 351,502 | 25.91 | 22 | |||
| FN | Marine Le Pen | 301,190 | 22.20 | 18 | |||
| Turnout | 1,356,873 | 47.24 | |||||
Pays de la Loire
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Jacques Auxiette | 405,103 | 34.36 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Christophe Béchu | 386,465 | 32.78 | ||||
| EELV | Jean-Philippe Magnen | 160,830 | 13.64 | ||||
| FN | Brigitte Neveux | 83,157 | 7.05 | ||||
| FG | Marc Gicquel | 58,897 | 5.00 | ||||
| MoDem | Patricia Gallerneau | 53,879 | 4.57 | ||||
| LO | Eddy Le Beller | 18,860 | 1.60 | ||||
| PB | Jacky Flippot | 11,669 | 0.99 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,178,860 | 46.20 | |||||
| PS | Jacques Auxiette | 702,163 | 56.39 | 63 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Christophe Béchu | 543,069 | 43.61 | 30 | |||
| Turnout | 1,245,232 | 48.79 | |||||
Picardy
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Claude Gewerc | 153,052 | 26.64 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Caroline Cayeux | 149,012 | 25.94 | ||||
| FN | Michel Guiniot | 90,802 | 15.80 | ||||
| EELV | Christophe Porquier | 57,338 | 9.98 | ||||
| PCF | Maxime Gremetz | 35,655 | 6.21 | ||||
| FG | Thierry Aury | 30,719 | 5.35 | ||||
| MoDem | France Mathieu | 21,492 | 3.74 | ||||
| NPA | Sylvain Desbureaux | 17,267 | 3.01 | ||||
| Party of France | Thomas Joly | 11,625 | 2.02 | ||||
| LO | Roland Szpirko | 7,555 | 1.32 | ||||
| Turnout | 574,517 | 43.45 | |||||
| PS | Claude Gewerc | 310,674 | 48.28 | 35 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Caroline Cayeux | 208,665 | 32.43 | 14 | |||
| FN | Michel Guiniot | 124,177 | 19.30 | 8 | |||
| Turnout | 643,516 | 48.72 | |||||
Poitou-Charentes
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Ségolène Royal | 240,910 | 38.98 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Dominique Bussereau | 182,044 | 29.46 | ||||
| EELV | Françoise Coutant | 73,650 | 11.92 | ||||
| FN | Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie | 47,736 | 7.72 | ||||
| FG | Gisèle Jean | 28,803 | 4.66 | ||||
| MoDem | Pascal Monier | 26,985 | 4.37 | ||||
| NPA | Myriam Rossignol | 11,431 | 1.85 | ||||
| LO | Ludovic Gaillard | 6,451 | 1.04 | ||||
| Turnout | 618,010 | 48.11 | |||||
| PS | Ségolène Royal | 392,291 | 60.61 | 39 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Dominique Bussereau | 254,957 | 39.39 | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 647,248 | 50.39 | |||||
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Thierry Mariani | 388,352 | 26.60 | ||||
| PS | Michel Vauzelle | 376,595 | 25.80 | ||||
| FN | Jean-Marie Le Pen | 296,265 | 20.29 | ||||
| EELV | Laurence Vichnievsky | 159,431 | 10.92 | ||||
| FG | Jean-Marc Coppola | 89,255 | 6.11 | ||||
| LS | Jacques Bompard | 39,287 | 2.69 | ||||
| MoDem | Catherine Levraud | 36,701 | 2.51 | ||||
| AEI | Patrice Miran | 34,077 | 2.33 | ||||
| NPA | Pierre Godard | 30,810 | 2.11 | ||||
| LO | Isabelle Bonnet | 9,049 | 0.62 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,459,822 | 43.62 | |||||
| PS | Michel Vauzelle | 747,382 | 44.11 | 72 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Thierry Mariani | 559,412 | 33.02 | 30 | |||
| FN | Jean-Marie Le Pen | 387,374 | 22.87 | 21 | |||
| Turnout | 1,694,168 | 50.62 | |||||
Rhône-Alpes
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Majority | Françoise Grossetête | 450,935 | 26.39 | ||||
| PS | Jean-Jack Queyranne | 433,987 | 25.40 | ||||
| EELV | Philippe Meirieu | 304,613 | 17.83 | ||||
| FN | Bruno Gollnisch | 239,330 | 14.01 | ||||
| FG | Élisa Martin | 107,768 | 6.31 | ||||
| MoDem | Azouz Begag | 73,937 | 4.33 | ||||
| NPA | Myriam Combet | 41,537 | 2.43 | ||||
| DVD | Michel Dulac | 32,476 | 1.90 | ||||
| LO | Nathalie Arthaud | 24,294 | 1.42 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,708,877 | 41.76 | |||||
| PS | Jean-Jack Queyranne | 994,381 | 50.75 | 100 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Françoise Grossetête | 666,526 | 34.02 | 40 | |||
| FN | Bruno Gollnisch | 298,273 | 15.22 | 17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,959,180 | 47.85 | |||||
Upper Normandy
edit| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 199,345 | 34.87 | ||||
| Presidential Majority | Bruno Le Maire | 142,927 | 25.00 | ||||
| FN | Nicolas Bay | 67,419 | 11.79 | ||||
| EELV | Claude Taleb | 52,164 | 9.12 | ||||
| FG | Sébastien Jumel | 47,961 | 8.39 | ||||
| MoDem | Danielle Jeanne | 16,460 | 2.88 | ||||
| NPA | Christine Poupin | 14,633 | 2.56 | ||||
| DLR | Brigitte Briere | 10,237 | 1.79 | ||||
| Party of France | Carl Lang | 8,363 | 1.46 | ||||
| AEI | Bernard Frau | 6,487 | 1.13 | ||||
| LO | Gisèle Lapeyre | 5,686 | 0.99 | ||||
| Turnout | 571,682 | 44.70 | |||||
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 346,633 | 55.10 | 37 | |||
| Presidential Majority | Bruno Le Maire | 193,128 | 30.70 | 12 | |||
| FN | Nicolas Bay | 89,333 | 14.20 | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 629,094 | 49.19 | |||||
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Reuters India, "ANALYSIS – France's Le Pen writes his way back into script," by Crispian Balmer (15 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, "Nicolas Sarkozy identity debate 'boosted votes for far-Right,'" by Henry Samuel (15 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
- ^ Associated Press, "Sarkozy's party loses first-round vote in France," by Angela Charlton (14 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
- ^ AFP: Régionales : le PCF reconduit le Front de gauche dans au moins 17 régions 23 November 2009
- ^ Régionales : Le MoDem de Charente-Maritime accepte l'alliance avec Royal 16 January 2010
- ^ Libération 09/01/2009
- ^ "REGIONALES 2010 Présentation des têtes de liste". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ MODEM – Lepage : "Nous aurons à tirer des conséquences après les régionales" 18 February 2010
- ^ Régionales : les ministres sur le front 28 January 2010
- ^ "Repport de Force National Dans la Perspective des Elections Regionales de Mars 2010" (PDF). October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
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- ^ a b "Intentions de vote aux élections régionales Vague n°1 (jeudi 4 février)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ "Elections régionales : La gauche toujours en tête dans les sondages". Le Monde.fr. 14 February 2010.
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- ^ "Verts et UMP progressent à trois semaines des régionales".
- ^ "Franceinfo - Actualités en temps réel et info en direct".
- ^ a b And other allies, including the Modern Left, the Forum of Social Republicans, the Radical Party and the Progressives
- ^ a b Includes the AEI, far-right lists, regionalists or Left Front - NPA common lists
- ^ "Repport de Forces National dans la Perspective des Elections Regionales de Mars 2010" (PDF). February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20100304.FAP1990/regionales_les_listes_de_droite_a_31_des_intentions_de_.html [dead link]
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- ^ "Régionales: La gauche se renforce (CSA)".
- ^ a b c d Elected at first round in Guadeloupe
- ^ He was not candidate (see http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Regionales/elecresult__regionales_2010/(path)/regionales_2010/072/C1072.html). It seems that this column, labelled "Candidates", is in fact used to list the General Secretary of the main party of the lists
- ^ Educated guess: 2180776 (from 5673912 *11.20 / 29.14). Directly from source would be better.
- ^ a b c d e Percentage computed from the France total, not representative of the actual turnout in the constituencies. In any case 10% of the first round voters was required for a list can be present in the second round
External links
edit- After regional elections, should Sarkozy panic? Analysis by Radio France Internationale in English
- Election-Politique Regional Elections since 1986 (in french)