1986 French regional elections

none January 2020 1986 French regional elections France parliamentary 1992 French regional elections 1992 26 Regional Presidencies 16 March 1986 French regional elections 1986.svg Presidents elected by region #0066CC Rally for the Republic #00FFFF Union for French Democracy #FF8080 Socialist Party #FFC0C0 Miscellaneous left Regional elections were held in France on 16 March 1986. These were the first regional elections in France. French left-wing parties promised the establishment of regional governments in the 1970s. When the Socialist Party was elected to government in 1981, they implemented territorial reform.Mazey Sonia 1986 The French regional elections of 16 March 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026137948690017X Electoral Studies en 5 3 297–301 10.1016/0261-3794(86)90017-X 0261-3794 subscription At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, although lacking legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets. The parliamentary right, led by the conservative Rally for the Republic and the centre-right Union for French Democracy won a landslide, winning 20 of 22 metropolitan regional presidencies. The Socialists only won the Limousin and the Nord-Pas de Calais region. The election was conducted using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes being applied regionally.Chapitre II : Mode de scrutin (Article L338) - Légifrance https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/id/LEGIARTI000006353941/1985-07-11/ 2023-08-30 www.legifrance.gouv.fr External links Election-Politique Regional Elections since 1986 (in french) References 2 1986 French Regional Elections