# 2008 Nantes municipal election, first round

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

Jean-Marc Ayrault won with 55.7% of the vote, 25.8 points ahead of Sophie Jozan.

Seats: LUG 53, LMAJ 10, and LCMD 2.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Marc Ayrault | LUG | 55,333 | 55.7% | Won |
| Sophie Jozan | LMAJ | 29,698 | 29.9% | Won |
| Benoît Blineau | LCMD | 6,433 | 6.5% | Won |
| Thierry Fourage | LEXG | 3,710 | 3.7% |  |
| Pierre Combarnous | LDVG | 1,789 | 1.8% |  |
| Hélène Defrance | LEXG | 1,471 | 1.5% |  |
| Jean-Pierre Breus | LEXG | 890 | 0.9% |  |

Valid votes: 99,324

Turnout: 55.1% (101,177 of 183,511 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nantes/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Johanna Rolland, 52.2%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nantes/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Johanna Rolland, 59.7%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nantes/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Johanna Rolland, 56.2%
- March 9, 2008: Jean-Marc Ayrault, Sophie Jozan, Benoît Blineau
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nantes/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de gauche, 54.9%

## 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/nantes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nantes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.json.