# 2004 Centre-Val de Loire regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Centre-Val de Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire.md), March 21, 2004

Michel Sapin led with 38.2% of the vote, 17.4 points ahead of Serge Vinçon.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 21, 2004

- Michel Sapin, 38.2% (Advanced)
- Serge Vinçon, 20.7% (Advanced)
- Jean Verdon, 17.5% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/24.md), March 28, 2004

- Michel Sapin, 49.2% (Won)
- Serge Vinçon, 34.4% (Won)
- Jean Verdon, 16.5% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michel Sapin | LGA | 378,235 | 38.2% | Advanced |
| Serge Vinçon | LDR | 205,265 | 20.7% | Advanced |
| Jean Verdon | LFN | 173,651 | 17.5% | Advanced |
| Jacqueline Gourault | LDR | 135,776 | 13.7% | Withdrew |
| Jean-Jacques Prodhomme | LXG | 55,635 | 5.6% |  |
| François Caré | LCP | 42,793 | 4.3% |  |

Valid votes: 991,355

Turnout: 61.6% (1,051,431 of 1,706,521 registered)

## Results by department

Michel Sapin leads in 6 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cher](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/cher.md) | Michel Sapin | 40.3% | +13.5 | 132,525 |
| [Eure-et-Loir](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/eure-et-loir.md) | Michel Sapin | 34.7% | +14.6 | 156,150 |
| [Indre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/indre.md) | Michel Sapin | 44.4% | +23.3 | 105,951 |
| [Indre-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/indre-et-loire.md) | Michel Sapin | 40.3% | +18.5 | 219,345 |
| [Loir-et-Cher](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/loir-et-cher.md) | Michel Sapin | 34.7% | +11.9 | 138,338 |
| [Loiret](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24/loiret.md) | Michel Sapin | 36.5% | +14.8 | 239,046 |

New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [Cher](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/cher.md) (18%), [Loiret](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/loiret.md) (17%), [Indre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/indre.md) (17%), [Loir-et-Cher](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/loir-et-cher.md) (16%), [Indre-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/indre-et-loire.md) (16%), and [Eure-et-Loir](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre/1998-03-15-general/eure-et-loir.md) (15%).

## This race in other years

- [June 20, 2021](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2021-06-20-general/24.md): François Bonneau, 39.2%
- [December 6, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2015-12-06-general/24.md): François Bonneau, 35.4%
- [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2010-03-14-general/24.md): François Bonneau, 50.0%
- March 21, 2004: Michel Sapin, 49.2%

## 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-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-centre-val-de-loire/2004-03-21-general/24.json.