2015 French regional elections

2015 French regional elections

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All 17 regional presidencies
All 1,757 regional councillors
All 153 territorial councillors
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Nicolas Sarkozy Jean-Christophe Cambadélis Marine Le Pen
Party LR PS FN
Regions won 7 + 1 (UDI) 5 + 1 (GUSR) + 1 (GR) 0
Change Increase 5 Decrease 15 Steady
First round 5,785,073
26.65%
Increase 0.63
5,019,723
23.12%
Decrease 6.02
6,018,672
27.73%
Increase 16.31
Second round 10,127,196
40.24%
Increase 4.87
7,263,567
28.86%
Decrease 20.66
6,820,147
27.10%
Increase 17.93

Second round results by region.
  The Republicans and Union of Democrats and Independents
  Socialist Party
  Regionalists
  Miscellaneous left

Regional elections were held in France on 6 and 13 December 2015. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly and inaugural seats in the Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martinique, all for a six-year term. The Departmental Council of Mayotte, which also exercises the powers of a region, was the only region not participating in this election, having already been renewed on 2 April 2015. There were 18 regional presidencies at stake, with 13 in mainland France and Corsica, as well as 5 overseas. Though they do not have legislative autonomy, these territorial collectivities manage sizable budgets. Moreover, regional elections are often taken as a mid-term opinion poll.

These elections were the first to be held for the redrawn regions: the 27 regions of France were amalgamated into 18, this went into effect on 1 January 2016.[1][2]

The election saw a huge swing away from the centre-left Socialist Party, as well as a small swing to the centre-right Republicans. However, there was a double-digit swing to the right-wing National Rally in both the first round and the second round. Despite this, National Rally did not win any regional presidencies.

  1. ^ La carte à 13 régions définitivement adoptée, Le Monde, 17 December 2014, accessed 2 January 2015
  2. ^ "LOI n° 2015–29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et départementales et modifiant le calendrier électoral – Legifrance". Retrieved 13 December 2015.