# 2015 Réunion regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [La Réunion](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion.md), December 6, 2015

Didier Robert led with 40.4% of the vote, 16.6 points ahead of Huguette Bello.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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, added up from the Interior Ministry's results by polling station on data.gouv.fr. The communes of a département add up to the département's result set.

## Rounds

### First round, December 6, 2015

- Didier Robert, 40.4% (Advanced)
- Huguette Bello, 23.8% (Advanced)
- Thierry Robert, 20.3% (Withdrew)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-13-runoff/04.md), December 13, 2015

- Didier Robert, 52.7% (Won)
- Huguette Bello, 47.3% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Didier Robert | LUD | 107,281 | 40.4% | Advanced |
| Huguette Bello | LUG | 63,248 | 23.8% | Advanced |
| Thierry Robert | LMDM | 54,021 | 20.3% | Withdrew |
| Patrick Lebreton | LDVG | 18,919 | 7.1% |  |
| Joseph Grondin | LFN | 6,355 | 2.4% |  |
| Jean-Hugues Ratenon | LDVG | 4,484 | 1.7% |  |
| Mathias Payet | LDIV | 3,895 | 1.5% |  |
| Rene Paul Victoria | LDVD | 2,704 | 1.0% |  |
| Aniel Boyer | LREG | 1,382 | 0.5% |  |
| David Appadoo | LDIV | 1,264 | 0.5% |  |
| Jean Yves Payet | LEXG | 1,263 | 0.5% |  |
| Jean-Jack Morel | LDLF | 978 | 0.4% |  |

Valid votes: 265,794

Turnout: 44.4% (278,009 of 625,471 registered)

## Results by commune

Didier Robert leads in 19 communes; Thierry Robert leads in 2 communes; Patrick Lebreton leads in 2 communes; Huguette Bello leads in 1 commune.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bras-Panon](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/bras-panon.md) | Didier Robert | 42.7% | +22.3 | 3,831 |
| [Cilaos](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/cilaos.md) | Didier Robert | 52.2% | +28.2 | 2,249 |
| [Entre-Deux](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/entre-deux.md) | Didier Robert | 42.7% | +17.7 | 2,780 |
| [L'Etang-Salé](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/l-etang-sale.md) | Didier Robert | 44.1% | +20.1 | 5,833 |
| [La Plaine-des-Palmistes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/la-plaine-des-palmistes.md) | Didier Robert | 46.4% | +25.2 | 2,289 |
| [La Possession](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/la-possession.md) | Didier Robert | 34.7% | +4.8 | 8,245 |
| [Le Port](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/le-port.md) | Huguette Bello | 44.6% | +15.5 | 10,268 |
| [Le Tampon](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/le-tampon.md) | Didier Robert | 37.7% | +5.4 | 28,710 |
| [Les Avirons](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/les-avirons.md) | Thierry Robert | 38.8% | +9.6 | 4,386 |
| [Les Trois-Bassins](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/les-trois-bassins.md) | Didier Robert | 40.5% | +11.4 | 2,823 |
| [Petite-Ile](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/petite-ile.md) | Didier Robert | 39.4% | +18.3 | 3,804 |
| [Saint-André](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-andre.md) | Didier Robert | 45.0% | +21.9 | 12,994 |
| [Saint-Benoît](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-benoit.md) | Didier Robert | 35.2% | +13.3 | 10,082 |
| [Saint-Denis](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-denis.md) | Didier Robert | 43.9% | +13.7 | 40,005 |
| [Saint-Joseph](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-joseph.md) | Patrick Lebreton | 52.0% | +28.2 | 16,976 |
| [Saint-Leu](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-leu.md) | Thierry Robert | 54.1% | +31.3 | 12,775 |
| [Saint-Louis](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-louis.md) | Didier Robert | 43.1% | +14.3 | 13,420 |
| [Saint-Paul](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-paul.md) | Didier Robert | 43.9% | +10.5 | 32,436 |
| [Saint-Philippe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-philippe.md) | Didier Robert | 50.9% | +33.9 | 2,251 |
| [Saint-Pierre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/saint-pierre.md) | Didier Robert | 49.5% | +28.5 | 27,023 |
| [Sainte-Marie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/sainte-marie.md) | Didier Robert | 56.8% | +37.7 | 10,114 |
| [Sainte-Rose](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/sainte-rose.md) | Patrick Lebreton | 37.8% | +0.71 | 2,673 |
| [Sainte-Suzanne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/sainte-suzanne.md) | Didier Robert | 34.4% | +11.8 | 7,173 |
| [Salazie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2015-12-06-general/04/salazie.md) | Didier Robert | 52.7% | +33.8 | 2,654 |

## 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: 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](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-la-reunion/2004-03-21-general/04.md): Paul Verges, 44.8%

## Sources

- Shown: [Élections régionales 2015](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/56a0a693c751df54fbade715), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0
- [Données des élections agrégées](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/donnees-des-elections-agregees), data.gouv.fr. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

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