# 2008 Nîmes municipal election, second round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Nîmes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes.md), March 16, 2008

Jean-Paul Fournier won with 54.3% of the vote, 8.6 points ahead of Alain Clary.

Seats: LMAJ 43 and LUG 12.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md), March 9, 2008

- Jean-Paul Fournier, 39.8%
- Alain Clary, 21.8%
- Bernard Casaurang, 13.7%

### Second round, March 16, 2008

- Jean-Paul Fournier, 54.3% (Won)
- Alain Clary, 45.7% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Paul Fournier | LMAJ | 26,896 | 54.3% | Won |
| Alain Clary | LUG | 22,630 | 45.7% | Won |

Valid votes: 49,526

Turnout: 60.8% (51,701 of 85,087 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 22, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2026-03-22-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Vincent Bouget, Julien Sanchez, Franck Proust
- [June 28, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2020-06-28-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Paul Fournier, Vincent Bouget, Yvan Lachaud, Yoann Gillet
- [March 30, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2014-03-30-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Paul Fournier, Yoann Gillet, Sylvette Fayet, Francoise Dumas
- March 16, 2008: Jean-Paul Fournier, Alain Clary
- [March 18, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2001-03-18-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de droite, 55.7%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 16, 2008

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2008-03-09-local.md) (10,793)

## 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/nimes/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/nimes/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal.json.