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2004 French cantonal elections

Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 21 and 28 March 2004. These elections coincided with the left's landslide in the regional elections held at the same time and also resulted in strong performances by the Socialist Party (PS) and its allies on the left, leaving the Socialists in control of a majority of departments.

Map showing the political affiliations of general council presidencies in the departments of metropolitan France following the cantonal elections of 2004

Electoral system

The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.

Councillors are elected from single-member constituencies (the cantons).
A candidate securing the votes of at least 25% of the canton's registered voters and more than 50% of the total number of votes actually cast in the first round of voting is thereby elected. If no candidate satisfies these conditions, then a second round of voting is held one week later.
Entitled to present themselves in the second round are the two candidates who received the highest number of votes in the first round, plus any other candidate or candidates who received the votes of at least 10% of those registered to vote in the canton.
In the second round, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected.

Change in control

From right to left

Hautes-Alpes (DVG)
Charente (PS)
Cher (PS)
Doubs (PS)
Drôme(PS)
Ille-et-Vilaine (PS)
Loire-Atlantique (PS)
Oise (PS)
Saône-et-Loire (PS)
Seine-Maritime (PS)
Seine-et-Marne (PS)

From left to right

Corse-du-Sud (UMP)

National results

General council Presidencies	Votes	% (first round)	Votes	% (second round)
PS	44	3,226,525	26.25%	4,010,716
UMP	37	2,574,331	20.94%	2,831,478
UDF	8	584,587	4.76%	484,204
PRG	3	156,305	1.27%	134,365
PCF	2	957,223	7.80%	492,815
Miscellaneous Left	2	740,521	6.02%	616,631
Miscellaneous Right	2	1,396,741	11.36%	1,103,938
MPF	1	see DVD	see DVD	see DVD
Miscellaneous	1	132,883	1.08%	83,622
FN	0	1,490,315	12.13%	502,973
Les Verts	0	502,142	4.09%	101,434
Far-Left	0	367,817	2.99%	6,271
Regionalists	0	50,143	0.41%	13,180
Ecologists	0	48,838	0.40%	4,588
MNR	0	44,251	0.36%	11,620
CPNT	0	17,786	0.14%	4,358

Sources

E-P

Ministry of the Interior results

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