French cantonal elections, 2004

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Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 21 and 28 March 2004. These elections coincided with the left's landslide in the regional elections held at the same time and also resulted in strong performances by the Socialist Party (PS) and its allies on the left, leaving the Socialists in control of a majority of departments.

Map showing the political affiliations of general council presidencies in the departments of metropolitan France following the cantonal elections of 2004

Electoral system

The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.

Change in control

From right to left

From left to right

National results

Party/Alliance General council Presidencies Votes % (first round) Votes % (second round)
  PS 44 3,226,525 26.25% 4,010,716 38.56%
  UMP 37 2,574,331 20.94% 2,831,478 27.22%
UDF 8 584,587 4.76% 484,204 4.65%
PRG 3 156,305 1.27% 134,365 1.29%
PCF 2 957,223 7.80% 492,815 4.74%
Miscellaneous Left 2 740,521 6.02% 616,631 5.93%
Miscellaneous Right 2 1,396,741 11.36% 1,103,938 10.61%
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Miscellaneous 1 132,883 1.08% 83,622 0.80%
FN 0 1,490,315 12.13% 502,973 4.84%
Les Verts 0 502,142 4.09% 101,434 0.98%
Far-Left 0 367,817 2.99% 6,271 0.06%
Regionalists 0 50,143 0.41% 13,180 0.13%
Ecologists 0 48,838 0.40% 4,588 0.04%
MNR 0 44,251 0.36% 11,620 0.11%
CPNT 0 17,786 0.14% 4,358 0.04%

Sources

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Ministry of the Interior results

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