March 9 and 16, 2008: Municipal and cantonales elections

The first round

Turnout:

• Turnout (municipals) nationwide, noon: 23% (20.57% in 2001)
• Turnout (cantonales) nationwide, noon: 22.25% (19.26% in 2001; 16.98% in 2004)
• Turnout in Paris, 11:30: 13.05% (16.5% in 2001)
• Turnout (municipals) nationwide, 17h: 56.25% (53.28% in 2001)
• Turnout (cantonales) nationwide, 17h: 54.53% (55.55% in 2001; 52.64% in 2004)
• Turnout in Paris, 16:45: 38.39% (45.1% in 2001)
• CSA predicts 70.5% final turnout (+3.21%)
• TNS-Sofres predicts 69% final turnout (+1.71%)
• Ipsos predicts 68% final turnout (+0.71%)
• Final municipal turnout: 61.08% (-6.21%)
• Final cantonales turnout: 64.89% (+0.98% over 2004, -0.7% over 2001)

Elected first round (result):

• Lyon (PS hold)
• Nantes (PS hold)
• Bordeaux (UMP hold)
• Toulon (UMP hold)
• Dijon (PS hold)
• Le Mans (PS hold)
• Limoges (PS hold)
• Besancon (PS hold)
• Rouen (PS gain from UDF)
• Fort-de-France (PPM hold)
• Tourcoing (PS hold) * UMP target city contested by convicted homophobe C. Vanneste (CNIP)
• Poitiers (PS hold)
• Creteil (PS hold)
• Nanterre (PCF hold)
• La Rochelle (PS hold)
• Rueil-Malmaison (UMP hold)
• Champigny-sur-Marne (PCF hold)
• Saint-Pierre (UMP hold)
• Antibes (UMP hold)
• Beziers (UMP hold)
• Bourges (UMP hold)
• Courbevoie (UMP hold)
• Dunkerque (PS hold)
• Le Tampon (UMP hold)
• Drancy (NC hold)
• Issy-les-Moulineaux (NC hold)
• Troyes (UMP hold)
• Antony (UMP hold)
• Sarcelles (PS hold)
• Lorient (PS hold)
• Chambery (PS hold)
• Saint-Quentin (UMP hold)
• Venissieux (PCF hold)
• Pessac (PS hold)
• Ivry-sur-Seine (PCF hold)
• Cholet (UMP hold)
• Bondy (PS hold)
• Maisons-Alfort (UMP hold)
• Pantin (PS hold)
• Arles (PCF hold)
• Sartrouville (UMP hold)
• Evry (PS hold)
• Le Blanc-Mesnil (PCF hold)
• Fontenay-sous-Bois (PCF hold)
• Sevran (PCF hold)
• Annecy (NC hold)
• La-Roche-sur-Yon (PS hold)
• Laval (PS gain from UMP)
• Cayenne (DVG gain from PSG)

Elected first round, PLM (result):

Paris

• 3rd (PS hold)
• 11th (PS gain from MRC)
• 16th (UMP hold)
• 19th (PS hold)

Lyon

• 1st (PS hold)
• 3rd (PS gain from UMP) * D. Perben, UMP list leader defeated
• 5th (PS hold)
• 7th (PS hold)
• 8th (PS hold)
• 9th (PS hold) * Mayor of Lyon, G. Collomb (PS) takes over 60%

Marseille

• 2nd (PS hold)
• 4th (UMP hold) * The stronghold of J.C. Gaudin (UMP), Mayor of Marseille
• 8th (PS gain from PCF)

The second round

Turnout:

• Final municipal turnout: 61.66% (-7.34% over 2001 runoff, +0.58% over 2008 first round)
• Final cantonales turnout: 55.45% (-11.04% over 2004 runoff, -9.44% over 2008 first round)

Runoff results (result):

 

• Paris (PS hold)
• Marseille (UMP hold)
• Toulouse (PS gain from UMP-NC)
• Nice (UMP gain from DVD-UMPd)
• Strasbourg (PS gain from UMP)
• Montpellier (PS hold)
• Lille (PS hold)
• Rennes (PS hold)
• Reims (PS gain from DVD)
• Le Havre (UMP hold)
• Saint-Etienne (PS gain from Rad-UMP)
• Grenoble (PS hold)
• Angers (PS hold)
• Brest (PS hold)
• Nimes (UMP hold)
• Clermont-Ferrand (PS hold)
• Aix-en-Provence (UMP hold)
• Tours (PS hold)
• Amiens (PS gain from NC)
• Villeurbanne (PS hold)
• Saint-Denis-de-la-Reunion (PS gain from UMP)
• Metz (PS gain from DVD)
• Perpignan (UMP hold) * situation unclear- opposition reports voting problems and wants new election
• Orleans (UMP hold)
• Mulhouse (GM-UMP hold)
• Boulogne-Billancourt (UMP hold)
• Caen (PS gain from UMP)
• Nancy (Rad-UMP hold)
• Argenteuil (PS gain from UMP)
• Montreuil (Green gain from CAP)
• Roubaix (PS hold)
• Saint-Denis (PCF hold)
• Saint-Paul (PCR gain from UMP)
• Avignon (UMP hold)
• Versailles (DVD-UMPd gain from UMP)
• Asnieres (PS gain from UMP)
• Pau (PS gain from GM-UMP) * Francois Bayrou (MoDem) defeated
• Colombes (PS gain from UMP)
• Vitry-sur-Seine (PCF hold)
• Aulnay-sous-Bois (PS gain from UMP)
• Saint-Maur-des-Fosses (UMP gain from DVD)
• Calais (UMP gain from PCF)
• Aubervilliers (PS gain from PCF)
• Cannes (UMP hold)
• Saint-Nazaire (PS hold)
• Valence (PS gain from UMP)
• Colmar (UMP hold)
• Quimper (PS gain from UMP)
• Noisy-le-Grand (PS hold)
• Villeneuve-d’Ascq (DVG-PSd gain from PS)
• Neuilly-sur-Seine (UMP hold)
• La-Seyne-sur-Mer (PS gain from UMP)
• Niort (PS hold)
• Clichy (PS hold)
• Beauvais (UMP hold)
• Cergy (PS hold)
• Vannes (UMP hold)
• Hyeres (DVD-UMPd gain from UMP)
• Montauban (UMP hold)
• Charleville-Mezieres (PS hold)
• Evreux (DVG gain from UMP)
• Belfort (MRC hold)
• Saint-Malo (UMP hold)

Runoff results, PLM (result):

Paris

• 1st (UMP hold)
• 2nd (Green hold)
• 4th (PS hold)
• 5th (UMP hold)
• 6th (UMP hold)
• 7th (UMP hold)
• 8th (DVD-UMPd gain from UMP) * UMP incumbent re-elected as a dissident
• 9th (PS hold)
• 10th (PS hold)
• 12th (PS hold)
• 13th (PS hold)
• 14th (PS hold)
• 15th (UMP hold)
• 17th (UMP hold)
• 18th (PS hold)
• 20th (PS hold)

Lyon

• 2nd (UMP hold)
• 4th (PS hold)
• 6th (UMP hold)

Marseille

• 1st (PS gain from UMP)
• 3rd (UMP hold) * Jean-Noel Guerini, the Socialist city-wide list leader was standing in the bellwether sector.
• 5th (UMP hold)
• 6th (UMP hold)
• 7th (PS hold)

The third round (election of departmental Presidents) Cantonales

PS gains

• Ain [from UMP]
• Corrèze [from UMP] * the stronghold of Jacques Chirac (RPR-UMP) since the 1960s
• Indre-et-Loire [from DVD]
• Lot-et-Garonne [from UMP]
• Hautes-Pyrénées [from PRG]
• Deux-Sèvres [from UMP]
• Somme [from NC]
• Seine-Saint-Denis [from PCF]
• Val-d’Oise [from UMP]

PCF gains

• Allier [from DVD]

UMP gains

• Hautes-Alpes [from DVG]
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques [from MoDem]
• Mayotte [from SE-Indie]

DVD gains

• Jura [from UMP]

NC gains

• Cote-d’Or [from UMP]

Notable new Presidents

• Francois Hollande, first secretary of the PS elected in Corrèze
• Arnaud Montebourg, PS deputy elected in Saone-et-Loire
• Herve Gaymard, former UMP minister elected in Savoie
• Dominique Bussereau, former UMP minister elected in Charente-Maritime
• Claude Bartolone, PS deputy elected in Seine-Saint-Denis

Notable incoming general councillors

• Jean Sarkozy, son of President Nicolas Sarkozy, elected in Neuilly-Sud (Hauts-de-Seine) as the UMP candidate

Miscellaneous
Self-Made Maps

• Located on this page

Analysis:

• First round by party