# 2004 Aquitaine regional election, second round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Aquitaine](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine.md), March 28, 2004

Alain Rousset won with 54.9% of the vote, 21.4 points ahead of Xavier Darcos.

> 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.

Seats: LGA 57, LDR 21, and LFN 7.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-21-general/72.md), March 21, 2004

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

### Second round, 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 | 769,893 | 54.9% | Won |
| Xavier Darcos | LDR | 469,386 | 33.5% | Won |
| Jacques Colombier | LFN | 163,731 | 11.7% | Won |

Valid votes: 1,403,010

Turnout: 68.8% (1,471,130 of 2,138,055 registered)

## Results by department

Alain Rousset leads in 5 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dordogne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72/dordogne.md) | Alain Rousset | 54.5% | +20.4 | 211,189 |
| [Gironde](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72/gironde.md) | Alain Rousset | 56.2% | +24.7 | 568,645 |
| [Landes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72/landes.md) | Alain Rousset | 57.1% | +23.6 | 173,266 |
| [Lot-et-Garonne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72/lot-et-garonne.md) | Alain Rousset | 48.0% | +14.3 | 155,219 |
| [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72/pyrenees-atlantiques.md) | Alain Rousset | 54.8% | +18.2 | 294,691 |

## This race in other years

- [March 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72.md): Alain Rousset, Xavier Darcos, Jean Lassalle
- March 28, 2004: Alain Rousset, Xavier Darcos, Jacques Colombier

## 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/2004-03-28-runoff/72 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2004-03-28-runoff/72.json.