# 2008 Orange municipal election

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

Turnout: 12,485 of 18,637 registered voters (67.0%). −9.1 points since 2001.

## [Municipal council of Orange](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Bompard | LDVD | 7,255 | 61.0% | 29 |
| Jean Gatel | LUG | 2,601 | 21.9% | 4 |
| Pascal Vielfaure | LMAJ | 1,434 | 12.1% | 2 |
| Michel Benlian | LDVD | 610 | 5.1% |  |

## Also on the ballot

### [Vaucluse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Avignon-Nord canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/avignon-nord.md) | Claude Toutain | 23.1% |
| [Avignon-Ouest canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/avignon-ouest.md) | Alain Dufaut | 43.6% |
| [Bollene canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/bollene.md) | Jean Pierre Lambertin | 49.2% |
| [Carpentras-Sud canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/carpentras-sud.md) | Jean Michel Ferrand | 44.2% |
| [Cavaillon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/cavaillon.md) | Jean-Baptiste Blanc | 35.8% |
| [Gordes canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/gordes.md) | Maurice Chabert | 64.1% |
| [Orange-Ouest canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/orange-ouest.md) | Jacques Bompard | 48.8% |
| [Pernes-les-Fontaines canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/pernes-les-fontaines.md) | François Pantagene | 48.2% |
| [Pertuis canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/pertuis.md) | Maurice Lovisolo | 43.7% |
| [Sault canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/sault.md) | André Faraud | 81.6% |
| [Vaison-la-Romaine canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/vaison-la-romaine.md) | Claude Haut | 63.7% |
| [Valreas canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-vaucluse/2008-03-09-general/valreas.md) | Jean-Luc Piedfort | 26.4% |

## Contests

- [2008 Orange municipal election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

## Party system indices

[How these indices are computed](https://electionsarchive.com/indices.md)

| Chamber | Effective parties by votes | Effective parties by seats | Gallagher index | Loosemore–Hanby index | Volatility | Nationalization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Municipal council of Orange | 2.29 | 1.42 | 18.1 | 21.9 |  |  |

- From 11,900 votes and 35 seats.

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