# 1998 Auvergne regional election, Cantal

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Auvergne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne.md), March 15, 1998

Roger Rigaudiere led with 39.6% of the vote, 7.9 points ahead of Rene Souchon.

> Votes by list from the Interior Ministry's 1998 results file by département. Heads of list come from the Sciences Po CDSP file of the same results by constituency, matched to each list by its votes in the département.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roger Rigaudiere | LDR | 29,436 | 39.6% |
| Rene Souchon | LPS | 23,573 | 31.7% |
| Yvon Bec | LDG | 8,914 | 12.0% |
| Jean-Pierre Lalitte | LDV | 7,542 | 10.1% |
| Alice Brugue | LFN | 4,861 | 6.5% |

Valid votes: 74,326

Turnout: 65.3% (80,711 of 123,544 registered)

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 1998](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/elections-regionales-1998-571487), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Public record

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/1998-03-15-general/cantal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/1998-03-15-general/cantal.json.