2004 Burgundy regional election

2004 Burgundy regional election

21 March 2004 (first round) 28 March 2004 (second round)

First party Second party Third party   Leader François Patriat Jean-Pierre Soisson Pierre Jaboulet-Vercherre Party PS UMP FN Seats won 37 14 6 Popular vote 369,288 226,148 108,133 Percentage 52.49% 32.14% 15.37%

A regional election took place in Burgundy on 21 March and 28 March 2004, along with all other regions. François Patriat (PS) was re-elected President of the Council.

Results

Party		Candidate	First round		Second round		Seats
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	PS–PCF–PRG–Verts	François Patriat	240,445	35.90	369,288	52.49	37
	UMP–MDR	Jean-Pierre Soisson (incumbent)	145,428	21.71	226,148	32.14	14
	National Front	Pierre Jaboulet-Vercherre	105,270	15.72	108,133	15.37	6
	Union for French Democracy	François Sauvadet	88,674	13.24			0
	Independent Ecological Movement	Julien Gonzalez	34,810	5.20			0
	LCR/LO	Jacqueline Lambert	26,191	3.91			0
	Citizen and Republican Movement	Joël Mekhantar	17,213	2.57			0
	National Republican Movement	Claude Moreau	11,701	1.75			0
Total			669,732	100.00	703,569	100.00	57
Valid votes			669,732	94.74	703,569	94.67
Invalid/blank votes			37,164	5.26	39,623	5.33
Total votes			706,896	100.00	743,192	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,136,336	62.21	1,136,031	65.42
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Delwit