French regional elections, 2015

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6 and 13 December 2015

All 18 Regional Presidencies

All 1,757 Regional Councillors

All 157 Territorial Councillors

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Nicolas Sarkozy	Jean-Christophe Cambadélis	Marine Le Pen
Party	LR	PS	FN
Regions won	7 + 1 (Union of Democrats and Independents	5 + 2 (Miscellaneous left)	0
Change	5	15
First round	5,785,073	5,019,723	6,018,672
Percentage	26.65%	23.12%	27.73%
Second round	10,127,196	7,263,567	6,820,147
Percentage	40.24%	28.86%	27.10%

Second round results by region.

The Republicans and Union of Democrats and Independents

Socialist Party

Regionalists

Miscellaneous left

All 1,757 Regional Councillors

Regional elections were held in France on 6 and 13 December 2015. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France as well as the Corsican Assembly and inaugural seats in the Assembly of French Guiana () and Assembly of Martinique (), all for a six-year term. The Departmental Council of Mayotte, which also exercises the powers of a region, is the only region not participating in this election, having already been renewed on 2 April 2015. There are 18 Regional Presidencies at stake, with 13 in continental France and Corsica, and 5 overseas. Though they do not have legislative autonomy, these territorial collectivities manage sizable budgets. Moreover, regional elections are often taken as a mid-term opinion poll.

These elections were the first to be held for the redrawn regions- the 27 regions of France were amalgamated into 18, this went into effect on 1 January 2016.

The regional elections are held in direct universal suffrage using proportional representation lists. The election is held over two rounds, with majority bonus. The lists must be gender balanced by alternatively have a male candidate and a female candidate from the top to the bottom of the list. Only lists with as many candidates as available seats in every departement of the region may compete. Before 2004, lists could be presented only at the departement level, allowing smaller parties (e.g. Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition, Alsace d'abord, Lutte Ouvrière, Revolutionary Communist League) to be represented as such in the regional councils and thus forcing major parties to enter into negotiations to rule some regions.

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