# 2004 Réunion regional election, first round [France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [La Réunion](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion.md), March 21, 2004 Paul Verges led with 34.5% of the vote, 8.8 points ahead of Alain Robert Benard. > 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 - Paul Verges, 34.5% (Advanced) - Alain Robert Benard, 25.7% (Advanced) - Michel Vergoz, 15.9% (Advanced) ### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-28-runoff/04.md), March 28, 2004 - Paul Verges, 44.8% (Won) - Alain Robert Benard, 32.8% (Won) - Michel Vergoz, 22.3% (Won) | Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Paul Verges | LGA | 94,531 | 34.5% | Advanced | | Alain Robert Benard | LDR | 70,375 | 25.7% | Advanced | | Michel Vergoz | LGA | 43,625 | 15.9% | Advanced | | Nadia Ramassamy | LDD | 16,625 | 6.1% | | | Edmond Henri Lauret | LDD | 9,818 | 3.6% | | | Gilbert Marie J Gerard | LDV | 5,849 | 2.1% | | | Albert Ramassamy | LDG | 4,784 | 1.7% | | | Daniel René Jatob | LDV | 4,761 | 1.7% | | | Lubin Budel | LDV | 4,696 | 1.7% | | | Jean Yves Payet | LXG | 4,249 | 1.5% | | | Georges Arhiman | LDV | 4,015 | 1.5% | | | Vincent Defaud | LRG | 3,738 | 1.4% | | | Marie Claude Law Wai | LDV | 2,769 | 1.0% | | | Giraud Payet | LDV | 2,402 | 0.9% | | | Aniel Boyer | LRG | 1,925 | 0.7% | | Valid votes: 274,162 Turnout: 62.8% (291,300 of 463,654 registered) ## Results by commune Paul Verges leads in 17 communes; Alain Robert Benard leads in 4 communes; Michel Vergoz leads in 3 communes. | Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Bras-Panon](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/bras-panon.md) | Paul Verges | 32.4% | +8.1 | 3,771 | | [Cilaos](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/cilaos.md) | Paul Verges | 43.7% | +3.4 | 3,522 | | [Entre-Deux](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/entre-deux.md) | Paul Verges | 34.8% | +4.8 | 2,506 | | [L'Etang-Salé](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/l-etang-sale.md) | Paul Verges | 39.6% | +13.6 | 5,645 | | [La Plaine-des-Palmistes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/la-plaine-des-palmistes.md) | Alain Robert Benard | 32.2% | +8.1 | 1,623 | | [La Possession](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/la-possession.md) | Paul Verges | 47.0% | +32.1 | 7,825 | | [Le Port](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/le-port.md) | Paul Verges | 62.8% | +53.9 | 11,908 | | [Le Tampon](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/le-tampon.md) | Alain Robert Benard | 29.5% | +1.9 | 27,489 | | [Les Avirons](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/les-avirons.md) | Paul Verges | 35.2% | +10.8 | 4,324 | | [Les Trois-Bassins](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/les-trois-bassins.md) | Alain Robert Benard | 31.3% | +0.53 | 2,650 | | [Petite-Ile](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/petite-ile.md) | Paul Verges | 49.3% | +30.2 | 4,402 | | [Saint-André](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-andre.md) | Paul Verges | 35.3% | +9.0 | 14,730 | | [Saint-Benoît](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-benoit.md) | Michel Vergoz | 41.2% | +20.8 | 12,078 | | [Saint-Denis](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-denis.md) | Paul Verges | 29.1% | +7.9 | 37,513 | | [Saint-Joseph](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-joseph.md) | Michel Vergoz | 48.8% | +34.3 | 13,912 | | [Saint-Leu](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-leu.md) | Paul Verges | 39.1% | +11.4 | 10,307 | | [Saint-Louis](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-louis.md) | Paul Verges | 48.3% | +15.2 | 21,887 | | [Saint-Paul](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-paul.md) | Alain Robert Benard | 38.4% | +8.6 | 33,831 | | [Saint-Philippe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-philippe.md) | Paul Verges | 27.9% | +1.6 | 2,626 | | [Saint-Pierre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/saint-pierre.md) | Paul Verges | 37.3% | +6.9 | 26,286 | | [Sainte-Marie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/sainte-marie.md) | Paul Verges | 28.1% | +2.6 | 9,477 | | [Sainte-Rose](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/sainte-rose.md) | Michel Vergoz | 51.4% | +25.1 | 3,239 | | [Sainte-Suzanne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/sainte-suzanne.md) | Paul Verges | 56.8% | +37.6 | 9,231 | | [Salazie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04/salazie.md) | Paul Verges | 32.6% | +5.8 | 3,380 | New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [La Réunion](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/1998-03-15-general/la-reunion.md) (100%). ## This race in other years - [June 20, 2021](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2021-06-20-general/04.md): Huguette Bello, 51.9% - [December 6, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04.md): Didier Robert, 52.7% - [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2010-03-14-general/04.md): Didier Robert, 45.5% - March 21, 2004: Paul Verges, 44.8% ## 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-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04.json.