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.
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1998, french, regional, elections, regional, elections, were, held, france, march, 1998, stake, were, presidencies, each, france, regions, which, though, they, have, legislative, autonomy, manage, sizeable, budgets, 1992, march, 1998, 2004, regional, presidenc. 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 1998 French regional elections 1992 15 March 1998 2004 26 Regional Presidencies First party Second party Third party Leader Philippe Seguin Francois Hollande Jean Marie Le PenParty RPR PS FNRegions 15 10 0Change 6 6Votes 7 804 931 8 005 830 3 271 525Percentage 35 63 36 55 14 94 Presidents elected by region Rally for the Republic Union for French Democracy Socialist Party Martinican Independence Movement Communist Party of Reunion Miscellaneous leftThe 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 1 later replaced by a two round mixed member majoritarian system for the 2004 elections 2 Presidents of the Regional Council EditAlsace Adrien Zeller UDF FD UMP Aquitaine Alain Rousset PS Auvergne Valery Giscard d Estaing UDF UMP Burgundy Jean Pierre Soisson MDR UDF UMP FN support Brittany Josselin de Rohan RPR UMP Champagne Ardenne Jean Claude Etienne RPR UMP Corse Jose Rossi RPR UMP Franche Comte Jean Francois Humbert UDF PPDF UMP Guadeloupe Lucette Michaux Chevry RPR UMP Guyane Antoine Karam PSG Ile de France Jean Paul Huchon PS Languedoc Roussillon Jacques Blanc DL UMP FN support Limousin Robert Savy PS Lorraine Gerard Longuet RPR UMP Martinique Alfred Marie Jeanne MIM Midi Pyrenees Martin Malvy PS Nord Pas de Calais Michel Delebarre PS Lower Normandy Rene Garrec DL UMP Upper Normandy Alain Le Vern PS Pays de la Loire Francois 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 Cote d Azur Michel Vauzelle PS Reunion Paul Verges PCR Rhone Alpes Charles Millon UDF DL DLC replaced by Anne Marie Comparini UDF References Edit Chapitre II Mode de scrutin Article L338 Legifrance www legifrance gouv fr Retrieved 30 August 2023 Chapitre II Mode de scrutin Articles L338 a L338 1 Legifrance www legifrance gouv fr Retrieved 30 August 2023 External links EditElection Politique Regional Elections since 1986 in french Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 French regional elections amp oldid 1173343047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
