# 2008 Orange municipal election, first round

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

Jacques Bompard won with 61.0% of the vote, 39.1 points ahead of Jean Gatel.

Seats: LDVD 29, LUG 4, and LMAJ 2.

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

Valid votes: 11,900

Turnout: 67.0% (12,485 of 18,637 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Dominique Artaud, 35.8%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jacques Bompard, 56.3%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jacques Bompard, Anne Marie Hautant, Jean-Philippe Maton-Weismann, Fabienne Haloui
- March 9, 2008: Jacques Bompard, Jean Gatel, Pascal Vielfaure
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orange/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste FN, 60.0%

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