# 1998 Réunion regional election, La Réunion

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [La Réunion](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion.md), March 15, 1998

Paul Verges led with 31.9% of the vote, 16.9 points ahead of Jean Paul Virapoulle.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Verges | LMA | 71,239 | 31.9% |
| Jean Paul Virapoulle | LDR | 33,536 | 15.0% |
| Andre Maurice Pihouee | LDR | 31,700 | 14.2% |
| Camille Sudre | LRG | 22,346 | 10.0% |
| Margie Sudre | LDF | 16,582 | 7.4% |
| Jean-Claude Benard | LDV | 8,367 | 3.8% |
| Marc-Andre Hoarau | LDF | 5,519 | 2.5% |
| Eric Hoarau | LDV | 3,393 | 1.5% |
| Axel Kichenin | LDG | 3,355 | 1.5% |
| Jasmin Moutoussamy | LRG | 3,059 | 1.4% |
| Jean-Yves Minatchy | LDG | 2,888 | 1.3% |
| Jean Yves Payet | LXG | 2,874 | 1.3% |
| Marie-France Paris | LDV | 2,679 | 1.2% |
| Lubin Budel | LDV | 2,503 | 1.1% |
| Francois Esquer | LEC | 2,463 | 1.1% |
| Jean-Denis Robert | LDG | 2,132 | 1.0% |
| Pascal Besnard | LFN | 1,863 | 0.8% |
| Bertrand Grondin | LRG | 1,693 | 0.8% |
| Bernard Law Wai | LDV | 1,576 | 0.7% |
| Jean-Philippe Vergoz | LDV | 1,250 | 0.6% |
| Claude Moutouallaguin | LRG | 989 | 0.4% |
| Remi Massain | LDG | 968 | 0.4% |

Valid votes: 222,974

Turnout: 61.9% (241,548 of 390,027 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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