# 2004 French Guiana regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Guyane](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane.md), March 21, 2004

Leon Bertrand led with 24.3% of the vote, 1.9 points ahead of Antoine Karam.

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head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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

- Leon Bertrand, 24.3% (Advanced)
- Antoine Karam, 22.4% (Advanced)
- Georges Othily, 19.3% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-28-runoff/03.md), March 28, 2004

- Antoine Karam, 37.2% (Won)
- Leon Bertrand, 31.6% (Won)
- Georges Othily, 31.2% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leon Bertrand | LDR | 6,595 | 24.3% | Advanced |
| Antoine Karam | LGA | 6,087 | 22.4% | Advanced |
| Georges Othily | LDG | 5,238 | 19.3% | Advanced |
| Christiane Taubira | LDG | 4,875 | 18.0% | Withdrew |
| Maurice Pindard | LRG | 1,777 | 6.6% |  |
| Brigitte Wyngaarde Ep. Moueza | LVE | 1,316 | 4.9% |  |
| Gwladys Robin | LDV | 700 | 2.6% |  |
| Léon Jean-Baptiste-Edouard | LGA | 531 | 2.0% |  |

Valid votes: 27,119

Turnout: 52.4% (28,182 of 53,778 registered)

## Results by commune

Leon Bertrand leads in 9 communes; Antoine Karam leads in 8 communes; Georges Othily leads in 3 communes; Christiane Taubira leads in 2 communes.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Apatou](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/apatou.md) | Leon Bertrand | 51.0% | +16.1 | 341 |
| [Awala-Yalimapo](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/awala-yalimapo.md) | Antoine Karam | 59.8% | +30.1 | 246 |
| [Camopi](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/camopi.md) | Leon Bertrand | 79.3% | +73.4 | 482 |
| [Cayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/cayenne.md) | Antoine Karam | 25.8% | +1.7 | 8,102 |
| [Grand-Santi](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/grand-santi.md) | Antoine Karam | 88.7% | +81.7 | 284 |
| [Iracoubo](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/iracoubo.md) | Antoine Karam | 34.7% | +4.3 | 553 |
| [Kourou](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/kourou.md) | Christiane Taubira | 28.6% | +0.93 | 2,784 |
| [Macouria](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/macouria.md) | Leon Bertrand | 31.5% | +9.1 | 1,532 |
| [Mana](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/mana.md) | Antoine Karam | 38.5% | +4.7 | 633 |
| [Maripasoula](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/maripasoula.md) | Leon Bertrand | 36.3% | +15.2 | 645 |
| [Matoury](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/matoury.md) | Leon Bertrand | 27.8% | +5.5 | 3,056 |
| [Montsinéry-Tonnegrande](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/montsinery-tonnegrande.md) | Georges Othily | 41.9% | +24.6 | 272 |
| [Ouanary](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/ouanary.md) | Georges Othily | 90.0% | +80.0 | 10 |
| [Papaichton](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/papaichton.md) | Leon Bertrand | 29.9% | +1.2 | 425 |
| [Régina](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/regina.md) | Georges Othily | 70.9% | +63.2 | 296 |
| [Remire-Montjoly](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/remire-montjoly.md) | Christiane Taubira | 24.7% | +4.3 | 3,285 |
| [Roura](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/roura.md) | Leon Bertrand | 37.9% | +11.5 | 773 |
| [Saint-Elie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/saint-elie.md) | Antoine Karam | 50.0% | +25.0 | 20 |
| [Saint-Georges](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/saint-georges.md) | Antoine Karam | 56.0% | +42.5 | 584 |
| [Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/saint-laurent-du-maroni.md) | Leon Bertrand | 55.8% | +35.8 | 2,062 |
| [Saül](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/saul.md) | Leon Bertrand | 40.8% | +6.1 | 49 |
| [Sinnamary](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03/sinnamary.md) | Antoine Karam | 27.7% | +6.3 | 685 |

New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [Guyane](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/1998-03-15-general/guyane.md) (100%).

## This race in other years

- [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2010-03-14-general/03.md): Rodolphe Alexandre, 56.1%
- March 21, 2004: Antoine Karam, 37.2%

## 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-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-guyane/2004-03-21-general/03.json.