# 2010 Aquitaine regional election, second round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Aquitaine](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine.md), March 21, 2010

Alain Rousset won with 56.3% of the vote, 28.3 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: LUG 58, LMAJ 17, and LCMD 10.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-14-general/72.md), March 14, 2010

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

### Second round, 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 | LUG | 643,763 | 56.3% | Won |
| Xavier Darcos | LMAJ | 320,137 | 28.0% | Won |
| Jean Lassalle | LCMD | 178,858 | 15.7% | Won |

Valid votes: 1,142,758

Turnout: 52.9% (1,206,499 of 2,280,179 registered)

## Results by department

Alain Rousset leads in 5 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dordogne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72/dordogne.md) | Alain Rousset | 57.8% | +27.8 | 169,389 |
| [Gironde](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72/gironde.md) | Alain Rousset | 59.4% | +31.3 | 465,832 |
| [Landes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72/landes.md) | Alain Rousset | 57.3% | +30.6 | 148,754 |
| [Lot-et-Garonne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72/lot-et-garonne.md) | Alain Rousset | 52.2% | +19.9 | 118,745 |
| [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72/pyrenees-atlantiques.md) | Alain Rousset | 50.8% | +25.7 | 240,038 |

## This race in other years

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

## 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/2010-03-21-runoff/72 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-aquitaine/2010-03-21-runoff/72.json.