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Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 11 and 18 March 2001. While the left did poorly in the municipal elections held on the same dates, it emerged as the overall winner in the cantonal elections, gaining control of six departments and losing that of just one.
The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % (first round) | Seats (first round) | Votes | % (second round) | Total Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 2,706,319 | 22.16% | 164 | 2,306,925 | 30.60% | 494 | |
| Miscellaneous Right | 1,953,003 | 15.99% | 163 | 1,328,604 | 17.62% | 455 | |
| RPR | 1,520,072 | 12.45% | 135 | 1,254,619 | 16.64% | 338 | |
| PCF | 1,196,341 | 9.80% | 28 | 536,901 | 7.12% | 126 | |
| UDF | 1,122,055 | 9.19% | 96 | 850,821 | 11.28% | 231 | |
| FN | 847,383 | 6.94% | 0 | 46,149 | 0.61% | 0 | |
| Miscellaneous Left | 823,548 | 6.74% | 61 | 525,089 | 6.96% | 176 | |
| Les Verts | 723,310 | 5.92% | 0 | 146,057 | 1.94% | 12 | |
| DL | 363,922 | 2.98% | 40 | 275,537 | 3.65% | 90 | |
| MNR | 361,565 | 2.96% | 0 | 10,163 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| RPF | 151,489 | 1.24% | 4 | 93,798 | 1.24% | 18 | |
| PRG | 150,695 | 1.23% | 14 | 100,143 | 1.33% | 40 | |
| Far-Left | 76,605 | 0.65% | 1 | 5,302 | 0.07% | 2 | |
| Ecologists | 66,346 | 0.54% | 2 | 5,713 | 0.08% | 3 | |
| Regionalists | 54,321 | 0.44% | 0 | 8,688 | 0.12% | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous | 46,377 | 0.38% | 0 | 19,655 | 0.26% | 4 | |
| CPNT | 44,680 | 0.37% | 1 | 25,608 | 0.34% | 5 | |
| Department | President | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ain | Jean Pépin | DL | |
| 02 | Aisne | Yves Daudigny* | PS | |
| 03 | Allier | Gérard Dériot* | DVD | |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Jean-Louis Bianco | PS | |
| 05 | Hautes-Alpes | Alain Bayrou | DL | |
| 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Charles Ginésy | RPR | |
| 07 | Ardèche | Michel Teston | PS | |
| 08 | Ardennes | Roger Aubry | DVD | |
| 09 | Ariège | Augustin Bonrepaux* | PS | |
| 10 | Aube | Philippe Adnot | DVD | |
| 11 | Aude | Marcel Rainaud | PS | |
| 12 | Aveyron | Jean Puech | DL | |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Jean-Noël Guérini | PS | |
| 14 | Calvados | Anne d'Ornano | DVD | |
| 15 | Cantal | Vincent Descoeur* | RPR | |
| 16 | Charente | Jacques Bobe | UDF | |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | Claude Belot | UDF | |
| 18 | Cher | Rémy Pointereau* | RPR | |
| 19 | Corrèze | Jean-Pierre Dupont | RPR | |
| 2A | Corse-du-Sud | Noël Sarrola* | DVG | |
| 2B | Haute-Corse | Paul Giacobbi | PRG | |
| 21 | Côte-d'Or | Louis de Broissia | RPR | |
| 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Claudy Lebreton | PS | |
| 23 | Creuse | Jean-Jacques Lozach* | PS | |
| 24 | Dordogne | Bernard Cazeau | PS | |
| 25 | Doubs | Claude Girard | RPR | |
| 26 | Drôme | Charles Monge* | DVD | |
| 27 | Eure | Jean-Louis Destans* | PS | |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Martial Taugourdeau | RPR | |
| 29 | Finistère | Pierre Maille | PS | |
| 30 | Gard | Damien Alary* | PS | |
| 31 | Haute-Garonne | Pierre Izard | PS | |
| 32 | Gers | Philippe Martin | PS | |
| 33 | Gironde | Philippe Madrelle | PS | |
| 34 | Hérault | André Vezinhet | PS | |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Marie-Joseph Bissonnier* | DVD | |
| 36 | Indre | Louis Pinton | UDF | |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Marc Pommereau* | DVD | |
| 38 | Isère | André Vallini* | PS | |
| 39 | Jura | Gérard Bailly | RPR | |
| 40 | Landes | Henri Emmanuelli | PS | |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Michel Dupiot | DVD | |
| 42 | Loire | Pascal Clément | DL | |
| 43 | Haute-Loire | Jacques Barrot | UDF | |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique | André Trillard* | RPR | |
| 45 | Loiret | Éric Doligé | RPR | |
| 46 | Lot | Jean Milhau | PRG | |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Jean François-Poncet | UDF-Rad. | |
| 48 | Lozère | Jean-Paul Pottier | DL | |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | André Lardeux | RPR | |
| 50 | Manche | Jean-François Le Grand | RPR | |
| 51 | Marne | Albert Vecten | UDF | |
| 52 | Haute-Marne | Bruno Sido | RPR | |
| 53 | Mayenne | Jean Arthuis | UDF | |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Michel Dinet | PS | |
| 55 | Meuse | Bertrand Pancher* | UDF | |
| 56 | Morbihan | Jean-Charles Cavaillé | RPR | |
| 57 | Moselle | Philippe Leroy | RPR | |
| 58 | Nièvre | Marcel Charmant* | PS | |
| 59 | Nord | Bernard Derosier | PS | |
| 60 | Oise | Jean-François Mancel | DVD | |
| 61 | Orne | Gérard Burel | RPR | |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Roland Huguet | PS | |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Pierre-Joël Bonte | PS | |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Jean-Jacques Lasserre* | UDF | |
| 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | François Fortassin | PRG | |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Christian Bourquin | PS | |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Philippe Richert | UDF | |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | Constant Georg | DVD | |
| 69 | Rhône | Michel Mercier | UDF | |
| 70 | Haute-Saône | Yves Krattinger* | PS | |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | René Beaumont | DL | |
| 72 | Sarthe | Roland du Luart | UDF | |
| 73 | Savoie | Hervé Gaymard | RPR | |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Ernest Nycollin | UDF | |
| 75 | Paris | Bertrand Delanoë* | PS | |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime | Charles Revet | DL | |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Jacques Larché | DL | |
| 78 | Yvelines | Franck Borotra | RPR | |
| 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Jean-Marie Morisset | UDF | |
| 80 | Somme | Alain Gest | UDF | |
| 81 | Tarn | Thierry Carcenac | PS | |
| 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Jean-Michel Baylet | PRG | |
| 83 | Var | Hubert Falco | DL | |
| 84 | Vaucluse | Claude Haut* | PS | |
| 85 | Vendée | Philippe de Villiers | MPF | |
| 86 | Vienne | René Monory | UDF | |
| 87 | Haute-Vienne | Jean-Claude Peyronnet | PS | |
| 88 | Vosges | Christian Poncelet | RPR | |
| 89 | Yonne | Henri de Raincourt | DL | |
| 90 | Territoire de Belfort | Christian Proust | MDC | |
| 91 | Essonne | Michel Berson | PS | |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Charles Pasqua | RPF | |
| 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Robert Clément | PCF | |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne | Christian Favier* | PCF | |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise | François Scellier | UDF-Rad. | |
| Overseas France | ||||
| 971 | Guadeloupe | Jacques Gillot* | GUSR | |
| 972 | Martinique | Claude Lise | PPM | |
| 973 | Guyane | Joseph Ho-Ten-You | PSG | |
| 974 | Réunion | Jean-Luc Poudroux | UDF | |
| 975 | Saint Pierre et Miquelon | Marc Plantegenest | AD (DVD) | |
| 976 | Mayotte | Younoussa Bamana | MPM (UDF) | |
Ministry of the Interior results
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