# 2010 Auvergne regional election, second round

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

Rene Souchon won with 59.7% of the vote, 19.4 points ahead of Alain Marleix. Alain Marleix led the first round with 28.7%.

> 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 33 and LMAJ 14.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-14-general/83.md), March 14, 2010

- Alain Marleix, 28.7% (Advanced)
- Rene Souchon, 28.0% (Advanced)
- André Chassaigne, 14.3% (Withdrew)

### Second round, March 21, 2010

- Rene Souchon, 59.7% (Won)
- Alain Marleix, 40.3% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rene Souchon | LUG | 305,828 | 59.7% | Won |
| Alain Marleix | LMAJ | 206,613 | 40.3% | Won |

Valid votes: 512,441

Turnout: 54.9% (545,467 of 994,100 registered)

## Results by department

Rene Souchon leads in 3 departments; Alain Marleix leads in 1 department.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Allier](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83/allier.md) | Rene Souchon | 59.5% | +19.1 | 131,249 |
| [Cantal](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83/cantal.md) | Alain Marleix | 51.0% | +2.1 | 65,933 |
| [Haute-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83/haute-loire.md) | Rene Souchon | 53.8% | +7.6 | 86,365 |
| [Puy-de-Dôme](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83/puy-de-dome.md) | Rene Souchon | 65.1% | +30.1 | 228,894 |

## This race in other years

- March 21, 2010: Rene Souchon, Alain Marleix
- [March 28, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2004-03-28-runoff/83.md): Pierre-Joël Bonte, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

## 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-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-auvergne/2010-03-21-runoff/83.json.