# 2004 Aquitaine regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Aquitaine](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine.md), March 21, 2004

Alain Rousset led with 38.4% of the vote, 20.0 points ahead of Xavier Darcos.

> No list won an absolute majority, so no seats were allocated in this round. Lists that stood again in the second round under the same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.

> Results by region from the Interior Ministry's results file. The ministry's figures by département, loaded as a second result set, add up exactly to these totals.

> Results by commune from the Interior Ministry's results file for the election, which the ministry published separately from its file by département.

## Rounds

### First round, March 21, 2004

- Alain Rousset, 38.4% (Advanced)
- Xavier Darcos, 18.4% (Advanced)
- François Bayrou, 16.1% (Withdrew)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72.md), March 28, 2004

- Alain Rousset, 54.9% (Won)
- Xavier Darcos, 33.5% (Won)
- Jacques Colombier, 11.7% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Rousset | LGA | 516,392 | 38.4% | Advanced |
| Xavier Darcos | LDR | 247,232 | 18.4% | Advanced |
| François Bayrou | LDR | 215,796 | 16.1% | Withdrew |
| Jacques Colombier | LFN | 153,859 | 11.4% | Advanced |
| Jean Saint-Josse | LCP | 96,925 | 7.2% |  |
| Annie Guilhamet | LGA | 58,485 | 4.4% |  |
| Martine Mailfert | LXG | 55,215 | 4.1% |  |

Valid votes: 1,343,904

Turnout: 66.1% (1,413,627 of 2,138,102 registered)

## Results by department

Alain Rousset leads in 5 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dordogne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72/dordogne.md) | Alain Rousset | 35.9% | +13.1 | 198,642 |
| [Gironde](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72/gironde.md) | Alain Rousset | 41.7% | +23.1 | 547,501 |
| [Landes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72/landes.md) | Alain Rousset | 39.9% | +21.7 | 168,321 |
| [Lot-et-Garonne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72/lot-et-garonne.md) | Alain Rousset | 31.0% | +12.6 | 145,515 |
| [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72/pyrenees-atlantiques.md) | Alain Rousset | 36.8% | +12.7 | 283,925 |

New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [Gironde](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/1998-03-15-general/gironde.md) (24%), [Dordogne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/1998-03-15-general/dordogne.md) (22%), [Landes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/1998-03-15-general/landes.md) (22%), [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/1998-03-15-general/pyrenees-atlantiques.md) (18%), and [Lot-et-Garonne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/1998-03-15-general/lot-et-garonne.md) (13%).

## This race in other years

- [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72.md): Alain Rousset, 56.3%
- March 21, 2004: Alain Rousset, 54.9%

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 2004](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/536993a5a3a729239d204258), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72.json.