Franche-Comté regional election, 2004

21 March and 28 March 2004

All 43 seats to the Franche-Comté Regional Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Raymond Forni	Jean-François Humbert	Sophie Montel
Party	PS	UMP	FN
Seats won	26	12	5
Popular vote	240 551	185 761	87 766
Percentage	46.79%	36.13%	17.07%

President before election

Jean-François Humbert
UMP

Elected President

Raymond Forni
PS

A regional election took place in Franche-Comté, France on March 21 and March 28, 2004, along with all other regions. Raymond Forni (PS) was elected President, defeating incumbent Jean-François Humbert (UMP).

Election results

Franche-Comté regional election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Raymond Forni	146,553	31.28
	UMP	Jean-François Humbert	116,354	24.84
	FN	Sophie Montel	87,498	18.68
	UDF	Gerard Faivre	36,029	7.69
	Independent Ecological Movement	Jacques Lancon	26,477	5.65
	LO	Christian Driano	22,059	4.71
	PCF	Evelyne Ternant	19,577	4.18
	National Republican Movement	Marie France Ligney	6,914	1.48
	Other	Hervée de Lafond	5,884	1.26
	Other	Jean-Philippe Allenbach	1,154	0.25
Majority			249,882
Turnout			499,764
	PS	Raymond Forni	240,551	46.79
	UMP	Jean-François Humbert	185,761	36.13
	FN	Sophie Montel	87,766	17.07
Majority			268,941
Turnout			537,881
	PS gain from UMP		Swing	10.66

French Regional elections by regions (2004)

Metropolitan Regions	Alsace Aquitaine Auvergne Basse-Normandie Bourgogne Brittany Centre Champagne-Ardenne Franche-Comté Haute-Normandie Île-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon Limousin Lorraine Midi-Pyrénées Nord-Pas-de-Calais Pays de la Loire Picardie Poitou-Charentes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rhône-Alpes

Overseas Regions	Corse Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Réunion

Regional elections in Franche-Comté

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