# 1998 Île-de-France regional election, Paris

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Île-de-France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-ile-de-france.md), March 15, 1998

Édouard Balladur led with 39.6% of the vote, 4.1 points ahead of Marie-Pierre de La Gontrie.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Édouard Balladur | LDR | 229,459 | 39.6% |
| Marie-Pierre de La Gontrie | LMA | 205,624 | 35.5% |
| Martine Lehideux | LFN | 67,953 | 11.7% |
| Chantal Cauquil | LXG | 16,975 | 2.9% |
| Thierry Jaccaud | LEC | 16,053 | 2.8% |
| Jean-Charles de Vincenti | LDF | 11,614 | 2.0% |
| Corinne Barriere | LDF | 8,283 | 1.4% |
| Catherine Lebrun | LXG | 6,998 | 1.2% |
| Carole Comte | LEC | 5,573 | 1.0% |
| Zair Kedadouche | LEC | 4,798 | 0.8% |
| Simon Hadjedj | LDV | 4,030 | 0.7% |
| Michel Gobillon | LDF | 1,717 | 0.3% |
| Herve Andres | LXD | 165 | <0.1% |
| Jean-Jacques Walter | LDF | 10 | <0.1% |

Valid votes: 579,252

Turnout: 54.8% (591,027 of 1,077,847 registered)

## Sources

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

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