2001 French cantonal elections

Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 11 and 18 March 2001. While the left did poorly in the municipal elections held on the same dates, it emerged as the overall winner in the cantonal elections, gaining control of six departments and losing that of just one. 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 Corse-du-Sud (DVG) Creuse (PS) Eure (PS) Isère (PS) Haute-Saône(PS) Vaucluse (PS) From left to right Allier (DVD) Results National results Party/AllianceVotes% (first round)Seats (first round)Votes% (second round)Total Seats PS 2,706,319 22.16% 164 2,306,925 30.60% 494Miscellaneous Right 1,953,003 15.99% 163 1,328,604 17.62% 455 RPR 1,520,072 12.45% 135 1,254,619 16.64% 338PCF 1,196,341 9.80% 28 536,901 7.12% 126UDF 1,122,055 9.19% 96 850,821 11.28% 231FN 847,383 6.94% 0 46,149 0.61% 0Miscellaneous Left 823,548 6.74% 61 525,089 6.96% 176Les Verts 723,310 5.92% 0 146,057 1.94% 12DL 363,922 2.98% 40 275,537 3.65% 90MNR 361,565 2.96% 0 10,163 0.13% 0 RPF 151,489 1.24% 4 93,798 1.24% 18PRG 150,695 1.23% 14 100,143 1.33% 40Far-Left 76,605 0.65% 1 5,302 0.07% 2Ecologists 66,346 0.54% 2 5,713 0.08% 3Regionalists 54,321 0.44% 0 8,688 0.12% 3Miscellaneous 46,377 0.38% 0 19,655 0.26% 4CPNT 44,680 0.37% 1 25,608 0.34% 5 General council presidents elected By department +General Council Presidents elected in 2001DepartmentPresidentParty01AinJean PépinDL02AisneYves Daudigny*PS03AllierGérard Dériot*DVD04Alpes-de-Haute-ProvenceJean-Louis BiancoPS05Hautes-AlpesAlain BayrouDL06Alpes-MaritimesCharles GinésyRPR07ArdècheMichel TestonPS08ArdennesRoger AubryDVD09AriègeAugustin Bonrepaux*PS10AubePhilippe AdnotDVD11AudeMarcel RainaudPS12AveyronJean PuechDL13Bouches-du-RhôneJean-Noël GuériniPS14CalvadosAnne d'OrnanoDVD15CantalVincent Descoeur*RPR16CharenteJacques BobeUDF17Charente-MaritimeClaude BelotUDF18CherRémy Pointereau*RPR19CorrèzeJean-Pierre DupontRPR2ACorse-du-SudNoël Sarrola*DVG2BHaute-CorsePaul GiacobbiPRG21Côte-d'OrLouis de BroissiaRPR22Côtes-d'ArmorClaudy LebretonPS23CreuseJean-Jacques Lozach*PS24DordogneBernard CazeauPS25DoubsClaude GirardRPR26DrômeCharles Monge*DVD27EureJean-Louis Destans*PS28Eure-et-LoirMartial TaugourdeauRPR29FinistèrePierre MaillePS30GardDamien Alary*PS31Haute-GaronnePierre IzardPS32GersPhilippe MartinPS33GirondePhilippe MadrellePS34HéraultAndré VezinhetPS35Ille-et-VilaineMarie-Joseph Bissonnier*DVD36IndreLouis PintonUDF37Indre-et-LoireMarc Pommereau*DVD38IsèreAndré Vallini*PS39JuraGérard BaillyRPR40LandesHenri EmmanuelliPS41Loir-et-CherMichel DupiotDVD42LoirePascal ClémentDL43Haute-LoireJacques BarrotUDF44Loire-AtlantiqueAndré Trillard*RPR45LoiretÉric DoligéRPR46LotJean MilhauPRG47Lot-et-GaronneJean François-PoncetUDF-Rad.48LozèreJean-Paul PottierDL49Maine-et-LoireAndré LardeuxRPR50MancheJean-François Le GrandRPR51MarneAlbert VectenUDF52Haute-MarneBruno SidoRPR53MayenneJean ArthuisUDF54Meurthe-et-MoselleMichel DinetPS55MeuseBertrand Pancher*UDF56MorbihanJean-Charles CavailléRPR57MosellePhilippe LeroyRPR58NièvreMarcel Charmant*PS59NordBernard DerosierPS60OiseJean-François MancelDVD61OrneGérard BurelRPR62Pas-de-CalaisRoland HuguetPS63Puy-de-DômePierre-Joël BontePS64Pyrénées-AtlantiquesJean-Jacques Lasserre*UDF65Hautes-PyrénéesFrançois FortassinPRG66Pyrénées-OrientalesChristian BourquinPS67Bas-RhinPhilippe RichertUDF68Haut-RhinConstant GeorgDVD69RhôneMichel MercierUDF70Haute-SaôneYves Krattinger*PS71Saône-et-LoireRené BeaumontDL72SartheRoland du LuartUDF73SavoieHervé GaymardRPR74Haute-SavoieErnest NycollinUDF75ParisBertrand Delanoë*PS76Seine-MaritimeCharles RevetDL77Seine-et-MarneJacques LarchéDL78YvelinesFranck BorotraRPR79Deux-SèvresJean-Marie MorissetUDF80SommeAlain GestUDF81TarnThierry CarcenacPS82Tarn-et-GaronneJean-Michel BayletPRG83VarHubert FalcoDL84VaucluseClaude Haut*PS85VendéePhilippe de VilliersMPF86VienneRené MonoryUDF87Haute-VienneJean-Claude PeyronnetPS88VosgesChristian PonceletRPR89YonneHenri de RaincourtDL90Territoire de BelfortChristian ProustMDC91EssonneMichel BersonPS92Hauts-de-SeineCharles PasquaRPF93Seine-Saint-DenisRobert ClémentPCF94Val-de-MarneChristian Favier*PCF95Val-d'OiseFrançois ScellierUDF-Rad.Overseas France971GuadeloupeJacques Gillot*GUSR972MartiniqueClaude LisePPM973GuyaneJoseph Ho-Ten-YouPSG974RéunionJean-Luc PoudrouxUDF975Saint Pierre et MiquelonMarc PlantegenestAD (DVD)976MayotteYounoussa BamanaMPM (UDF) Sources E-P Ministry of the Interior results 2001 Cantonal elections Cantonal elections