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1998 French regional elections

Field	Value
election_name	1998 French regional elections
country	France
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1992 French regional elections
previous_year	1992
next_election	2004 French regional elections
next_year	2004
seats_for_election	26 Regional Presidencies
election_date	15 March 1998
1blank	Regions
2blank	Change
3blank	Votes
4blank	Percentage
image1
leader1	Philippe Seguin
party1	Rally for the Republic
1data1	15
2data1	6
3data1	7,804,931
4data1	35.63%
image2
leader2	François Hollande
party2	Socialist Party (France)
1data2	10
2data2	6
3data2	8,005,830
4data2	36.55%
image3
leader3	Jean-Marie Le Pen
party3	National Front (France)
1data3	0
2data3
3data3	3,271,525
4data3	14.94%
map_image	French regional elections 1998.svg
map_caption	Presidents elected by region

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Regional elections were held in France on 15 March 1998. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 regions, which, though they don't have legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets.

The parliamentary right, led by the conservative Gaullist Rally for the Republic and the centre-right Union for French Democracy won the presidency of 15 of the 26 regions, the rest were won by the French Socialist Party and its allies (Communists, Greens, Radicals). The far-right National Front obtained good results, increasing its number of seats. The far-left and Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition also won seats on various regional councils.

These election were the last ones conducted using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes being applied regionally, later replaced by a two-round mixed-member majoritarian system for the 2004 elections.

Presidents of the Regional Council

Alsace: Adrien Zeller (UDF-FD, UMP)
Aquitaine : Alain Rousset (PS)
Auvergne : Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (UDF, UMP)
Burgundy : Jean-Pierre Soisson (MDR-UDF, UMP) FN support
Brittany : Josselin de Rohan (RPR, UMP)
Champagne-Ardenne : Jean-Claude Étienne (RPR, UMP)
Corse : José Rossi (RPR, UMP)
Franche-Comté : Jean-François Humbert (UDF-PPDF, UMP)
Guadeloupe : Lucette Michaux-Chevry (RPR, UMP)
Guyane : Antoine Karam (PSG)
Île-de-France : Jean-Paul Huchon (PS)
Languedoc-Roussillon : Jacques Blanc (DL, UMP) FN support
Limousin : Robert Savy (PS)
Lorraine : Gérard Longuet (RPR, UMP)
Martinique : Alfred Marie-Jeanne (MIM)
Midi-Pyrénées : Martin Malvy (PS)
Nord-Pas de Calais : Michel Delebarre (PS)
Lower Normandy : René Garrec (DL, UMP)
Upper Normandy : Alain Le Vern (PS)
Pays de la Loire : François Fillon (RPR, UMP)
Picardy : Charles Baur (UDF-FD, DVD, UMP) FN support
Poitou-Charentes : Jean-Pierre Raffarin (UDF-DL, DL, UMP) replaced by Elisabeth Morin (UMP) CPNT support
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : Michel Vauzelle (PS)
Réunion : Paul Vergès (PCR)
Rhône-Alpes : Charles Millon (UDF-DL, DLC) replaced by Anne-Marie Comparini (UDF)

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