French regional elections, 2010

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French regional elections, 2010

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Leader Martine Aubry Xavier Bertrand Jean-Marie Le Pen
Party PS UMP FN
Regions won2330
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First round5,673,9125,066,9422,223,800
Percentage29.14%26.02%11.42%
Second round10,493,9887,496,8971,943,307
Percentage49.52%35.37%9.17%

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Second round results by region.

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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Contents

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]

Socialist Party (France) French political party (1969– )

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and was, for decades, the largest party of the French centre-left. The PS used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic, along with the Republicans. The Socialist Party replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969, and is currently led by First Secretary Olivier Faure. The PS is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Socialist International (SI) and the Progressive Alliance.

Metropolitan France part of France located in Europe

Metropolitan France is the part of France in Europe. It comprises mainland France and nearby islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, and the Mediterranean Sea, including Corsica.

Situation

Following 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.

Alsace Place in Grand Est, France

Alsace is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

Corsica Island in the Mediterranean, also a region and a department of France

Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is located southeast of the French mainland and west of the Italian Peninsula, with the nearest land mass being the Italian island of Sardinia to the immediate south. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island.

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.

Union for a Popular Movement French centre-right political party

The Union for a Popular Movement was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac. In May 2015, the party was renamed and succeeded by The Republicans.

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

Left

The 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.

New Anticapitalist Party French political party

The New Anticapitalist Party is a far-left French political party founded in February 2009.

French Communist Party left-wing political party in France which advocates the principles of communism

The French Communist Party is a communist party in France.

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

Strong 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

After 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

Nicolas 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

The 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

Nationwide polling

PartyOpinionWay
01/10/09		CSA
01/10/09 [11] 		OpinionWay
29/10/09 [12] 		OpinionWay
19/11/09 [13] 		Ifop
20/11/09 [14] 		OpinionWay
10/12/09 [15] 		CSA
17/01/10 [16] 		Ifop
26/01/10 [17] 		TNS Sofres
04/02/10 [18] 		OpinionWay
08/02/10 [18] 		CSA
14/02/10 [19] 		Ifop
17/02/10 [20] 		OpinionWay
20/02/10 [21] 		Ifop
28/02/10 [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%
PartyCSA
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

Among the 1880 seats, 41 were attributed at the first round (Guadeloupe) and 1839 at the second round.

First round

Regional election 2010: 14/03/10 – First round results (only main parties)
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Martine Aubry 5,673,91229.1431 [29]
Presidential Majority Xavier Bertrand 5,066,94226.024 [29]
EE Several parties2,372,37912.18
FN Jean-Marie Le Pen 2,223,80011.42
FG Several parties1,137,2505.84
MoDem François Bayrou [30] 817,5604.20
Other parties??? [31] 11.206 [29]
Total ???100.0041 [29]

Abstention : 53.67%

Second round

Regional election 2010: 21/03/10 – Second round results
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Left union of PS, Europe Ecology, Left Front 9,834,48646.401,006-40
Presidential Majority Xavier Bertrand 7,497,64935.38511-11
FN Jean-Marie Le Pen 1,943,3079.17118-38
DVG Different parties698,5563.3092+56
PS Regions where Left union was refused [32] 660,1893.1158-22
EE Refusing Left union in Brittany [32] 207,4350.9811+11
MoDem François Bayrou [32] 178,8580.8410+10
Other partiesDifferent regional parties [32] 117,7420.5627-13
FG Refusing Left union in Limousin and Picardy [32] 56,0920.266+6
Total 21,194,314100.001839

Abstention : 48.79%

Regional results

The following tables show the results in the first round of voting which took place on the 14 March 2010 and, where applicable, in the second round of voting which took place on the 21 March 2010.

Alsace

Regional election 2010: Alsace
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Philippe Richert 181,70534.94+0.8828+10
PS Jacques Bigot 98,62918.97-1.158±0
EE Jacques Fernique 81,11615.60+15.606+2
FN Patrick Binder 70,17113.49-5.095-3
Alsace d'Abord Jacques Cordonnier25,9064.98-4.440±0
MoDem Yann Wehrling 23,0724.44+4.440-7
FG Jean-Yves Causer9,6951.86-1.870±0
NPA Yvan Zimmermann8,5501.64-1.390±0
Écologie Solidaire Manuel Santiago8,3761.61+1.610±0
DVD Patrick Striby8,3031.60+1.600-2
LO Julien Wostyn4,4860.86+0.860±0
Turnout 520,00941.64
Presidential Majority Philippe Richert 284,57646.16+2.6028+1
PS Jacques Bigot 242,11339.27+4.8314+2
FN Patrick Binder 89,83214.57-7.435-3
Turnout 616,52149.37

Aquitaine

Regional election 2010: Aquitaine
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Alain Rousset 406,86937.63-0.7945+1
Presidential Majority Xavier Darcos 238,36722.05+3.6517+5
MoDem Jean Lassalle 112,73710.43-5.6310+1
EE Monique De Marco105,4059.75+9.7510+1
FN Jacques Colombier 89,3788.273.180-7
FG Gérard Boulanger 64,3705.95+1.603+3
NPA Philippe Poutou27,2642.52-1.590±0
AEI Michel Chrétien20,9431.94+1.940±0
LO Nelly Malaty8,5220.79+0.790±0
EAJ/PNV Jean Tellechea7,0920.66+0.660±0
Abertzaleen Batasuna Xavier-Philippe Larralde2500.02+0.020±0
Turnout 1,081,19749.56
PS Alain Rousset 643,76356.33+1.4658+2
Presidential Majority Xavier Darcos 320,13728.01-5.4517-4
MoDem Jean Lassalle 178,85815.65+15.6510+10
Turnout 1,142,75850.12

Auvergne

Regional election 2010: Auvergne
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Alain Marleix 137,19928.72-7.6714+2
PS René Souchon 133,92328.03-0.1917-1
FG André Chassaigne 68,05014.24+5.049+2
EE Christian Bouchardy51,09210.69+5.087+2
FN Éric Faurot 40,0988.39-1.190±0
MoDem Michel Fanget 21,5234.51+4.510-3
NPA Alain Laffont20,0314.19-0.090±0
LO Marie Savre5,8321.22+1.220±0
Turnout 477,74848.00
PS René Souchon 305,82859.68+7.0133+3
Presidential Majority Alain Marleix 206,61340.32-7.0114-3
Turnout 512,44151.55

Brittany

Regional Election 2010: Brittany
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Jean-Yves Le Drian 408,55437.19-1.2952+6
Presidential Majority Bernadette Malgorn 260,64523.73-1.8720-5
EE Guy Hascoët 134,11212.21+2.5111±0
FN Jean-Paul Félix 67,8706.18-2.290±0
MoDem Bruno Joncour 58,8415.36+5.360±0
PB Christian Troadec47,1084.29+4.290±0
Left Party Gérard Perron38,5593.51+3.510±0
Terres de BretagneCharles Laot29,0292.64+2.64
NPA Laurence de Bouard27,4012.49-2.290±0
LO Valérie Hamon16,1291.47+1.470±0
Solidarity and ProgressAlexandre Noury10,3060.94+0.94
Turnout 1,098,55447.09
PS Jean-Yves Le Drian 600,25650.27-8.7252+6
Presidential Majority Bernadette Malgorn 386,39432.36-8.8520-5
EE Guy Hascoët 207,43517.37+17.3711+11
Turnout 1,194,08551.18

Burgundy

Regional election 2010: Burgundy
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS François Patriat 187,34536.31+0.30
Presidential Majority François Sauvadet 148,77928.83+7.05
FN Édouard Ferrand 62,14712.04-3.736±0
EE Philippe Hervieu 50,7579.84
NPA Sylvie Faye-Pastor22,2904.32
MoDem François Deseille19,4643.77-9.21
AEI Julien Gonzalez10,5242.04
LO Claire Rocher8,0621.56
MRC Joël Mekhantar6,6411.29
Turnout 516,00944.27
PS François Patriat 305,22652.65+0.1637±0
Presidential Majority François Sauvadet 194,37033.53+1.3914±0
FN Édouard Ferrand 80,11313.82-1.556±0
Turnout 579,70949.71

Centre

Regional election 2010: Centre
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Hervé Novelli 227,40829.02+8.38
PS François Bonneau 221,19928.22-9.93
EE Jean Delavergne91,38911.66+11.66
FN Philippe Loiseau 87,86411.21-6.31
FG Marie-France Beaufils 59,0507.53+7.53
MoDem Marc Fesneau 39,8185.08-8.62
Party of France Jean Verdon27,8413.55+3.55
NPA Michel Lasserre20,3412.60-0.21
LO Farida Megdoud8,8391.13-1.67
Turnout 783,74944.04-17.57
PS François Bonneau 443,31050.01+0.8649+1
Presidential Majority Hervé Novelli 323,17836.46+2.0721+1
FN Philippe Loiseau 120,00113.54-2.927-2
Turnout 886,48949.82-15.32

Champagne-Ardenne

Regional election 2010: Champagne-Ardenne
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Jean-Luc Warsmann 120,47131.77+5.11
PS Jean-Paul Bachy 117,59631.01+3.07
FN Bruno Subtil 60,26115.89-3.83
EE Eric Loiselet 32,1608.48+0.97
NPA Anthony Smith18,4484.87-0.13
MoDem Marie Grafteaux-Paillard16,4704.34-6.77
AEI Ghislain Wysocinski7,5291.99+1.99
LO Thomas Rose6,2441.65+1.65
Turnout 379,17941.32-17.40
PS Jean-Paul Bachy 190,16244.31+2.4229+1
Presidential Majority Jean-Luc Warsmann 165,26138.49-1.3414-4
FN Bruno Subtil 73,71017.19-1.096±0
Turnout 429,13346.75-16.00

Corsica

Territorial election 2010: Corsica
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Camille de Rocca Serra 27,90321.34-6.75
Party of the Corsican Nation Gilles Simeoni24,05718.40+6.26
PRG Paul Giacobbi 20,24215.48+5.00
FG Dominique Bucchini13,10810.02+3.40
CL Jean-Guy Talamoni12,2369.36+9.36
PRG Émile Zuccarelli 10,5238.05-4.91
DVG Simon Renucci 8,6886.64+0.84
MoDem Jean Toma5,5544.25+2.72
FN Antoine Cardi5,4384.16-0.31
AEI Jean-François Baccarelli2,4261.86+1.86
DVD Jean-François Battini5990.46+0.46
Turnout 130,77461.31-11.17
PRG Paul Giacobbi 52,66336.6224±0
Presidential Majority Camille de Rocca Serra 39,76527.6512-7
Party of the Corsican Nation Gilles Simeoni37,22425.8811+3
CL Jean-Guy Talamoni14,1599.854+4
Turnout 143,81167.42

Franche-Comté

Regional election 2010: Franche-Comté
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Alain Joyandet 128,22532.13
PS Marie-Marguerite Dufay 119,15929.86
FN Sophie Montel 52,44013.14
EE Alain Fousseret 37,3339.36
FG Evelyne Ternant 16,1714.05
MoDem Christophe Grudler14,0363.52
NPA Laurence Lyonnais13,0863.28
Party of France Christophe Devillers9,8202.46
Écologie Solidaire Claude Buchot4,4711.12
LO Michel Treppo4,3141.08
Turnout 399,05549.35
PS Marie-Marguerite Dufay 214,58247.4327
Presidential Majority Alain Joyandet 173,50538.3512
FN Sophie Montel 64,37014.234
Turnout 452,45755.77

Guadeloupe

Regional election 2010: Guadeloupe
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Victorin Lurel 78,26156.5131
Presidential Majority Blaise Aldo19,40514.014
DVG Éric Jalton 17,17512.404
Collectif Des Inkoruptibles Cédric Cornet9,6346.962
LO Jean-Marie Nomertin3,9112.82
GUSR Jeanny Marc 3,9032.82
DVD Octavie Losio2,8712.07
EXG Alain Plaisir1,9581.41
DVG Alain Lesueur1,3770.99
Turnout 138,49547.41

Guiana

Regional election 2010: Guiana
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Rodolphe Alexandre12,20140.61
PRG Christiane Taubira (Walwari)6,91623.02
DVD Joëlle Prévôt-Madère2,2257.41
PSG Gabriel Serville1,8456.14
EE José Gaillou1,5825.27
DVG Chantal Berthelot 1,5325.10
Democratic Forces of Guiana Gil Horth1,4434.80
DVD Roger Arel1,2744.24
DVD Gilbert Fossé7252.41
PS Léon Jean-Baptiste-Édouard3011.00
Turnout 30,04443.13
Presidential Majority Rodolphe Alexandre19,15256.1121
PRG Christiane Taubira (Walwari)14,98243.8910
Turnout 34,13449.00

Île-de-France

Regional election 2010: Île-de-France
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Valérie Pécresse 802,09627.76
PS Jean-Paul Huchon 729,86125.26
EE Cécile Duflot 479,03916.58
FN Marie-Christine Arnautu 268,3139.29
FG Pierre Laurent 189,1876.55
DLR Nicolas Dupont-Aignan 119,8354.15
MoDem Alain Dolium 114,9843.98
NPA Olivier Besancenot 90,3223.13
AEI Jean-Marc Governatori40,3711.40
DVD Axel de Boer24,6860.85
LO Jean-Pierre Mercier18,2860.63
DVG Almamy Kanoute12,2420.42
Turnout 2,889,22242.71
PS Jean-Paul Huchon 1,720,64456.69142
Presidential Majority Valérie Pécresse 1,314,58043.3167
Turnout 3,035,22444.87

La Réunion

Regional election 2010: La Réunion
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PCR Paul Vergès 71,60230.23
Presidential Majority Didier Robert 62,58126.42
PS Michel Vergoz30,94113.06
DVD Jean-Paul Virapoullé 15,9526.73
DVD Nadia Ramassamy14,0145.92
DVD André Thien-Ah-Koon12,7345.38
DVD Eric Magamootoo11,8094.99
EE Vincent Defaud11,6854.93
Nasion Rénioné Aniel Boyer2,0970.89
LO Jean-Yves Payet1,9440.82
DVD Johny Arnachellum1,2670.53
DVD Daniel Pouny2310.10
Turnout 236,85743.03
Presidential Majority Didier Robert 143,48545.4627
PCR Paul Vergès 112,20135.5512
PS Michel Vergoz59,93318.996
Turnout 315,61957.33

Languedoc-Roussillon

Regional election 2010: Languedoc-Roussillon
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
DVG Georges Frêche 304,81034.28
Presidential Majority Raymond Couderc 174,51919.63
FN France Jamet 112,64612.67
EE Jean-Louis Roumegas 81,1199.12
FG René Revol 76,4148.59
PS Hélène Mandroux 68,7887.74
AEI Patrice Drevet34,4403.87
CNIP Christian Jeanjean18,0172.03
Party of France Jean-Claude Martinez 6,6070.74
Ligue du Midi Richard Roudier6,0860.68
LO Liberto Plana5,6280.63
Turnout 889,07447.98
DVG Georges Frêche 493,18054.1944
Presidential Majority Raymond Couderc 240,55626.4313
FN France Jamet 176,38019.3810
Turnout 910,11649.11

Limousin

Regional election 2010: Limousin
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Jean-Paul Denanot 106,15238.06
Presidential Majority Raymond Archer67,38124.16
FG Christian Audouin36,61913.13
EE Ghilaine Jeannot-Pagès27,1479.73
FN Nicole Daccord-Gauthier21,6387.76
MoDem Jean-Jacques Bélézy9,9253.56
AEI Jean-Louis Ranc5,6652.03
LO Elizabeth Faucon4,3661.57
Turnout 278,89350.92
PS Jean-Paul Denanot 140,82647.9527
Presidential Majority Raymond Archer96,78832.9510
FG Christian Audouin56,09219.106
Turnout 293,70653.61

Lorraine

Regional election 2010: Lorraine
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Jean-Pierre Masseret 227,06034.36
Presidential Majority Laurent Hénart 157,08023.77
FN Thierry Gourlot 98,28614.87
EE Daniel Béguin 60,5169.16
MoDem Claude Bellei20,9053.16
MNR Annick Martin19,8503.00
Left Party Philippe Leclercq19,8093.00
AEI Jean-Claude Kaas16,2772.46
DLR Jean-Luc André14,8802.25
NPA Jean-Noël Bouet14,8192.24
LO Mario Rinaldi8,5371.29
MPF Victor Villa2,3460.35
DVG Patrice Lefeuvre5240.08
Turnout 660,88939.66
PS Jean-Pierre Masseret 375,66050.0146
Presidential Majority Laurent Hénart 237,01931.5517
FN Thierry Gourlot 138,54918.4410
Turnout 751,22845.11

Lower Normandy

Regional election 2010: Lower Normandy
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Laurent Beauvais 157,00732.55
Presidential Majority Jean-François Le Grand 133,55827.69
EE François Dufour 57,91212.01
MoDem Rodolphe Thomas 42,9428.90
FN Valérie Dupont 41,9428.70
NPA Christine Coulon24,0464.99
Party of France Fernand Le Rachinel 17,8983.71
LO Pierre Casevitz6,9821.45
Turnout 482,28745.19
PS Laurent Beauvais 296,19257.1532
Presidential Majority Jean-François Le Grand 222,05342.8515
Turnout 518,24548.58

Martinique

Regional election 2010: Martinique
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PPM Serge Letchimy 51,79640.05
MIM Alfred Marie-Jeanne 41,59532.16
Presidential Majority André Lesueur13,57010.49
RDM Madeleine de Grandmaison 8,8666.85
BPM Pierre Samot5,1313.97
LO Ghislaine Joachim-Arnaud3,5072.71
DVG Guy Lordinot2,4481.89
MoDem Max Orville1,3481.04
DVD Jean-Claude Granier1,0820.84
Turnout 129,34342.93
PPM Serge Letchimy 78,19348.3526
MIM Alfred Marie-Jeanne 66,35941.0312
Presidential Majority André Lesueur17,18710.633
Turnout 161,73953.69

Midi-Pyrénées

Regional election 2010: Midi-Pyrénées
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Martin Malvy 415,09640.93
Presidential Majority Brigitte Barèges 220,62421.75
EE Gérard Onesta 136,54313.46
FN Frédéric Cabrolier 95,6899.44
FG Christian Picquet 70,0776.91
MoDem Arnaud Lafon38,2903.78
NPA Myriam Martin29,3192.89
LO Sandra Torremocha8,5480.84
Turnout 1,014,18649.76
PS Martin Malvy 705,44967.7769
Presidential Majority Brigitte Barèges 335,51832.2322
Turnout 1,040,96751.08

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Regional election 2010: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Daniel Percheron 358,18529.16
Presidential Majority Valérie Létard 233,37419.00
FN Marine Le Pen 224,87018.31
FG Alain Bocquet 132,45010.78
EE Jean-François Caron 126,98910.34
MoDem Olivier Henno 48,2453.93
CNIP François Dubout37,0503.02
NPA Pascale Montel36,8693.00
LO Eric Pecqueur17,7001.44
Young FarmersMickaël Poillion12,6491.03
Turnout 1,228,38142.80
PS Daniel Percheron 704,18151.8973
Presidential Majority Valérie Létard 351,50225.9122
FN Marine Le Pen 301,19022.2018
Turnout 1,356,87347.24

Pays de la Loire

Regional election 2010: Pays de la Loire
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Jacques Auxiette 405,10334.36
Presidential Majority Christophe Béchu 386,46532.78
EE Jean-Philippe Magnen 160,83013.64
FN Brigitte Neveux 83,1577.05
FG Marc Gicquel58,8975.00
MoDem Patricia Gallerneau53,8794.57
LO Eddy Le Beller18,8601.60
PB Jacky Flippot11,6690.99
Turnout 1,178,86046.20
PS Jacques Auxiette 702,16356.3963
Presidential Majority Christophe Béchu 543,06943.6130
Turnout 1,245,23248.79

Picardy

Regional election 2010: Picardy
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Claude Gewerc 153,05226.64
Presidential Majority Caroline Cayeux 149,01225.94
FN Michel Guiniot90,80215.80
EE Christophe Porquier 57,3389.98
PCF Maxime Gremetz 35,6556.21
FG Thierry Aury30,7195.35
MoDem France Mathieu21,4923.74
NPA Sylvain Desbureaux17,2673.01
Party of France Thomas Joly11,6252.02
LO Roland Szpirko7,5551.32
Turnout 574,51743.45
PS Claude Gewerc 310,67448.2835
Presidential Majority Caroline Cayeux 208,66532.4314
FN Michel Guiniot124,17719.308
Turnout 643,51648.72

Poitou-Charentes

Regional election 2010: Poitou-Charentes
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Ségolène Royal 240,91038.98
Presidential Majority Dominique Bussereau 182,04429.46
EE Françoise Coutant73,65011.92
FN Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie 47,7367.72
FG Gisèle Jean28,8034.66
MoDem Pascal Monier26,9854.37
NPA Myriam Rossignol11,4311.85
LO Ludovic Gaillard6,4511.04
Turnout 618,01048.11
PS Ségolène Royal 392,29160.6139
Presidential Majority Dominique Bussereau 254,95739.3916
Turnout 647,24850.39

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Regional election 2010: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Thierry Mariani 388,35226.60
PS Michel Vauzelle 376,59525.80
FN Jean-Marie Le Pen 296,26520.29
EE Laurence Vichnievsky 159,43110.92
FG Jean-Marc Coppola89,2556.11
LS Jacques Bompard 39,2872.69
MoDem Catherine Levraud36,7012.51
AEI Patrice Miran34,0772.33
NPA Pierre Godard30,8102.11
LO Isabelle Bonnet9,0490.62
Turnout 1,459,82243.62
PS Michel Vauzelle 747,38244.1172
Presidential Majority Thierry Mariani 559,41233.0230
FN Jean-Marie Le Pen 387,37422.8721
Turnout 1,694,16850.62

Rhône-Alpes

Regional election 2010: Rhône-Alpes
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
Presidential Majority Françoise Grossetête 450,93526.39
PS Jean-Jack Queyranne 433,98725.40
EE Philippe Meirieu 304,61317.83
FN Bruno Gollnisch 239,33014.01
FG Élisa Martin107,7686.31
MoDem Azouz Begag 73,9374.33
NPA Myriam Combet41,5372.43
DVD Michel Dulac32,4761.90
LO Nathalie Arthaud24,2941.42
Turnout 1,708,87741.76
PS Jean-Jack Queyranne 994,38150.75100
Presidential Majority Françoise Grossetête 666,52634.0240
FN Bruno Gollnisch 298,27315.2217
Turnout 1,959,18047.85

Upper Normandy

Regional election 2010: Upper Normandy
ListCandidatesVotes%±%Seats±
PS Alain Le Vern 199,34534.87
Presidential Majority Bruno Le Maire 142,92725.00
FN Nicolas Bay 67,41911.79
EE Claude Taleb 52,1649.12
FG Sébastien Jumel 47,9618.39
MoDem Danielle Jeanne16,4602.88
NPA Christine Poupin14,6332.56
DLR Brigitte Briere10,2371.79
Party of France Carl Lang 8,3631.46
AEI Bernard Frau6,4871.13
LO Gisèle Lapeyre5,6860.99
Turnout 571,68244.70
PS Alain Le Vern 346,63355.1037
Presidential Majority Bruno Le Maire 193,12830.7012
FN Nicolas Bay 89,33314.206
Turnout 629,09449.19

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  2. ↑ Reuters India, "ANALYSIS – France's Le Pen writes his way back into script," by Crispian Balmer (15 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
  3. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, "Nicolas Sarkozy identity debate 'boosted votes for far-Right,'" by Henry Samuel (15 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
  4. ↑ Associated Press, "Sarkozy's party loses first-round vote in France," by Angela Charlton (14 March 2010 – retrieved on 17 March 2010).
  5. ↑ AFP: Régionales : le PCF reconduit le Front de gauche dans au moins 17 régions 23 Nov. 2009
  6. ↑ Régionales : Le MoDem de Charente-Maritime accepte l'alliance avec Royal 16 Jan. 2010
  7. ↑ Libération 09/01/2009
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  9. ↑ MODEM – Lepage : "Nous aurons à tirer des conséquences après les régionales" 18 Feb. 2010
  10. ↑ Régionales : les ministres sur le front 28 Jan. 2010
  11. ↑ http://www.csa-fr.com/dataset/data2009/opi20091001-rapport-de-force-national-dans-la-perspective-des-elections-regionales-de-mars-2010.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.fiducial.fr/files/fiducial/pdf/barometre-opinionway-fiducial-29102009.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.fiducial.fr/files/fiducial/pdf/barometre-opinionway-fiducial-20112009.pdf
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  15. ↑ http://www.lefigaro.fr/assets/pdf/oway10decembre_vague4.pdf
  16. ↑ https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iB6ZCvDpRsxSKri2S9KU-TRYVvWQ
  17. ↑ http://www.ifop.com/media/poll/1046-1-study_file.pdf
  18. 1 2 http://www.tns-sofres.com/_assets/files/2010.02.04-regionales-v1.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/elections-regionales/article/2010/02/14/elections-regionales-la-gauche-toujours-en-tete-dans-les-sondages_1305656_1293905.html
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  23. 1 2 And other allies, including the Modern Left, the Forum of Social Republicans, the Radical Party and the Progressives
  24. 1 2 Includes the AEI, far-right lists, regionalists or Left Front - NPA common lists
  25. ↑ http://www.csa-fr.com/dataset/data2010/opi20100225-rapport-de-forces-national-dans-la-perspective-des-elections-regionales-de-mars-2010.pdf
  26. ↑ http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20100304.FAP1990/regionales_les_listes_de_droite_a_31_des_intentions_de_.html
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  29. 1 2 3 4 Elected at first round in Guadeloupe
  30. ↑ 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
  31. ↑ Educated guess: 2180776 (from 5673912 *11.20 / 29.14). Directly from source would be better.
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 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
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