# 2008 Nice municipal election, first round

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

Christian Estrosi led with 35.8% of the vote, 12.7 points ahead of Jacques Peyrat.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 9, 2008

- Christian Estrosi, 35.8%
- Jacques Peyrat, 23.1%
- Patrick Allemand, 22.3%

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

- Christian Estrosi, 41.3% (Won)
- Patrick Allemand, 33.2% (Won)
- Jacques Peyrat, 25.5% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Estrosi | LMAJ | 43,576 | 35.8% |
| Jacques Peyrat | LDVD | 28,161 | 23.1% |
| Patrick Allemand | LUG | 27,141 | 22.3% |
| Patrick Mottard | LDVG | 7,887 | 6.5% |
| Lydia Schenardi | LFN | 5,068 | 4.2% |
| Herve Cael | LCMD | 3,781 | 3.1% |
| Philippe Vardon | LEXD | 3,686 | 3.0% |
| Bruno Della-Sudda | LEXG | 2,413 | 2.0% |

Valid votes: 121,713

Turnout: 58.3% (124,960 of 214,509 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nice/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Eric Ciotti, 48.5%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nice/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Christian Estrosi, 59.3%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nice/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Christian Estrosi, 48.6%
- March 9, 2008: Christian Estrosi, 41.3%
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nice/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de droite, 44.5%

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