2001 French cantonal elections

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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.

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Electoral system

The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.

Change in control

From right to left

From left to right

Results

National results

Party/AllianceVotes% (first round)Seats (first round)Votes% (second round)Total Seats
  PS 2,706,31922.16%1642,306,92530.60%494
Miscellaneous Right 1,953,00315.99%1631,328,60417.62%455
  RPR 1,520,07212.45%1351,254,61916.64%338
PCF 1,196,3419.80%28536,9017.12%126
UDF 1,122,0559.19%96850,82111.28%231
FN 847,3836.94%046,1490.61%0
Miscellaneous Left 823,5486.74%61525,0896.96%176
Les Verts 723,3105.92%0146,0571.94%12
DL 363,9222.98%40275,5373.65%90
MNR 361,5652.96%010,1630.13%0
  RPF 151,4891.24%493,7981.24%18
PRG 150,6951.23%14100,1431.33%40
Far-Left76,6050.65%15,3020.07%2
Ecologists66,3460.54%25,7130.08%3
Regionalists54,3210.44%08,6880.12%3
Miscellaneous46,3770.38%019,6550.26%4
CPNT 44,6800.37%125,6080.34%5

General council presidents elected

By department

General Council Presidents elected in 2001
Department PresidentParty
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)

Sources

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Ministry of the Interior results

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