# 2008 Parthenay municipal election

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

Turnout: 5,124 of 7,514 registered voters (68.2%). +3.9 points since 2001.

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

Xavier Argenton won 27 of the 33 seats, with 59.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xavier Argenton | LDVD | 2,886 | 59.0% | 27 |
| Gérard Boutet | LDVG | 2,007 | 41.0% | 6 |

## Also on the ballot

### [Deux-Sèvres](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Airvault canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/airvault.md) | Dominique Paquereau | 66.5% |
| [Argenton les Vallees canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/argenton-les-vallees.md) | Robert Girault | 69.8% |
| [Beauvoir-sur-Niort canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/beauvoir-sur-niort.md) | Jean-Claude Aubineau | 48.0% |
| [Bressuire canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/bressuire.md) | Henri Papin | 63.6% |
| [Brioux-sur-Boutonne canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/brioux-sur-boutonne.md) | Bernard Belaud | 56.6% |
| [Chef-Boutonne canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/chef-boutonne.md) | Jean-Claude Sillon | 51.2% |
| [Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/frontenay-rohan-rohan.md) | Joël Misbert | 57.5% |
| [Mauleon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/mauleon.md) | Daniel Amiot | 54.2% |
| [Mauze-sur-le-Mignon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/mauze-sur-le-mignon.md) | Jacques Morisset | 44.7% |
| [Mazieres-en-Gatine canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/mazieres-en-gatine.md) | Jean-Marie Morisset | 70.9% |
| [Melle canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/melle.md) | Paul Gregoire | 54.2% |
| [Niort-Nord canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/niort-nord.md) | Jacques Brossard | 43.1% |
| [Parthenay canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/parthenay.md) | Gilbert Favreau | 58.8% |
| [Saint-Loup-Lamaire canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/saint-loup-lamaire.md) | Pascal Bironneau | 24.1% |
| [Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole-1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/saint-maixent-l-ecole-1.md) | Jean Luc Drapeau | 52.6% |
| [Secondigny canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/secondigny.md) | Gérard Vitre | 61.4% |
| [Thouars-2 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-deux-sevres/2008-03-09-general/thouars-2.md) | Bernard Paineau | 60.6% |

## Contests

- [2008 Parthenay municipal election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/parthenay/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 Parthenay | 1.94 | 1.42 | 22.8 | 22.8 |  |  |

- From 4,893 votes and 33 seats.

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