South-West France (European Parliament constituency)

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South-West France
European Parliament constituency
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Member state France
Created 2004
MEPs 10
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For elections in the European Union, South-West France is a European Parliament constituency. It consists of the region Aquitaine (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and Occitanie.

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Results

2009

European Election 2009: South-West
ListCandidatesVotes%±
UMP Dominique Baudis
Christine de Veyrac
Alain Lamassoure
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmidt
705,90025.89
PS Kader Arif
Françoise Castex
465,07617.72
EELV José Bové
Catherine Grèze
415,45715.83
MoDem Robert Rochefort 225,9178.61
FG Jean-Luc Mélenchon 214,0798.16
FN None155,8065.94
NPA None147,4225.62
AEI None111,3134.24
Libertas None80,2743.06
DLR None33,6561.28
LO None26,7601.02
Far right None24,0700.92
AB None5,7710.22
EAJ/PNV None4,2010.16
Europe Démocratie EspérantoNone3,9750.13
Liberal Alternative None3,4340.13
Europe décroissanceNone8270.03
Union des gensNone2320.01
Newropeans None3710.01
Far right None2660.01
La force de la non-violenceNone1020.00
Permis de voter – RIC – FranceNone930.00
CommunistsNone570.00
Pour une Europe utileNone160.00
Turnout 2,759,54944.50

2004

Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2004: South-West
ListCandidatesVotes%±
PS Kader Arif
Françoise Castex
Robert Navarro
Béatrice Patrie
777,678 (194,419.5)30.85
UMP Alain Lamassoure
Christine de Veyrac
382,719 (191,359.5)15.18
UDF Jean-Marie Cavada
Anne Laperrouze
333,828 (166,914)13.24
FN Jean-Claude Martinez 220,7648.76
LV Gérard Onesta 209,6218.31
PCF None162,8546.46
MPF None116,1734.61
LMR None86,5883.43
Far left None65,0732.58
RPF None51,8342.06
La France d'en basNone42,0111.67
Workers' Party None20,7610.82
Rassemblement des Contribuables FrançaisNone20,5500.82
Les régionalistes : Occitanie, Catalogne, EuskadiNone9,2490.37
MNR None8,1310.32
AB None5,1570.20
Vivre mieux avec l'EuropeNone3,6660.15
Eŭropo Demokratio EsperantoNone3,6110.14
Diversité pour l'EuropeNone3950.02
Jus CogensNone1600.01
Parti FédéralisteNone830.00
AR None820.00
Parti des SocioprofessionnelsNone690.00
Parti HumanisteNone580.00
Pôle des LibertésNone90.00
France UnieNone80.00
Turnout 2,521,13245.60

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