# 2008 Mulhouse municipal election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Mulhouse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse.md), March 9, 2008

Jean Marie Bockel led with 40.4% of the vote, 8.0 points ahead of Pierre Freyburger.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 9, 2008

- Jean Marie Bockel, 40.4%
- Pierre Freyburger, 32.3%
- Patrick Binder, 10.3%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal.md), March 16, 2008

- Jean Marie Bockel, 43.2% (Won)
- Pierre Freyburger, 42.6% (Won)
- Patrick Binder, 14.3% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean Marie Bockel | LMAJ | 10,845 | 40.4% |
| Pierre Freyburger | LSOC | 8,690 | 32.3% |
| Patrick Binder | LFN | 2,772 | 10.3% |
| Gerard Freulet | LDVD | 2,082 | 7.7% |
| Djamila Sonzogni | LVEC | 1,233 | 4.6% |
| Francoise Ruch | LEXG | 810 | 3.0% |
| Julien Wostyn | LEXG | 442 | 1.6% |

Valid votes: 26,874

Turnout: 50.2% (27,762 of 55,275 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Frédéric Marquet, 24.1%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Michèle Lutz, 38.6%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean Rottner, 45.8%
- March 9, 2008: Jean Marie Bockel, 43.2%
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de gauche, 52.3%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 9, 2008

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2008-03-09-local.md) (35,398)

## Sources

- [Élections municipales 2008](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/53699393a3a729239d204224/), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/mulhouse/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.json.