# 2008 Orléans municipal election, first round

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

Serge Grouard led with 49.4% of the vote, 4.4 points ahead of Jean Pierre Sueur.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 9, 2008

- Serge Grouard, 49.4%
- Jean Pierre Sueur, 45.1%
- Raynaldo Ruiz, 3.7%

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

- Serge Grouard, 51.4% (Won)
- Jean Pierre Sueur, 48.6% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serge Grouard | LMC | 17,279 | 49.4% |
| Jean Pierre Sueur | LUG | 15,749 | 45.1% |
| Raynaldo Ruiz | LEXG | 1,299 | 3.7% |
| Farida Megdoud | LEXG | 625 | 1.8% |

Valid votes: 34,952

Turnout: 56.1% (35,949 of 64,081 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orleans/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Serge Grouard, 57.8%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orleans/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Serge Grouard, 40.3%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orleans/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Serge Grouard, Corinne Leveleux-Teixeira, Philippe Lecoq, Michel Ricoud
- March 9, 2008: Serge Grouard, 51.4%
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/orleans/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de droite, 52.4%

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