# 2010 Aquitaine regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Aquitaine](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine.md), March 14, 2010

Alain Rousset led with 37.6% of the vote, 15.6 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 14, 2010

- Alain Rousset, 37.6% (Advanced)
- Xavier Darcos, 22.0% (Advanced)
- Jean Lassalle, 10.4% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72.md), March 21, 2010

- Alain Rousset, 56.3% (Won)
- Xavier Darcos, 28.0% (Won)
- Jean Lassalle, 15.7% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Rousset | LSOC | 406,871 | 37.6% | Advanced |
| Xavier Darcos | LMAJ | 238,367 | 22.0% | Advanced |
| Jean Lassalle | LCMD | 112,737 | 10.4% | Advanced |
| Monique de Marco | LVEC | 105,405 | 9.7% |  |
| Jacques Colombier | LFN | 89,378 | 8.3% |  |
| Gérard Boulanger | LCOP | 64,370 | 6.0% |  |
| Philippe Poutou | LEXG | 27,290 | 2.5% |  |
| Michel Chretien | LAUT | 20,952 | 1.9% |  |
| Nelly Malaty | LEXG | 8,519 | 0.8% |  |
| Jean Tellechea | LREG | 7,086 | 0.7% |  |
| Xavier-Philippe Larralde | LREG | 221 | <0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 1,081,196

Turnout: 49.6% (1,130,087 of 2,280,386 registered)

## Results by department

Alain Rousset leads in 5 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dordogne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72/dordogne.md) | Alain Rousset | 37.0% | +12.9 | 157,879 |
| [Gironde](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72/gironde.md) | Alain Rousset | 40.6% | +18.2 | 443,373 |
| [Landes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72/landes.md) | Alain Rousset | 41.6% | +20.3 | 141,574 |
| [Lot-et-Garonne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72/lot-et-garonne.md) | Alain Rousset | 31.9% | +8.4 | 111,878 |
| [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72/pyrenees-atlantiques.md) | Alain Rousset | 32.7% | +12.9 | 226,492 |

## This race in other years

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

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 2010](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/536993a8a3a729239d204260), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72.json.