# 1998 Languedoc-Roussillon regional election, Hérault

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Languedoc-Roussillon](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-languedoc-roussillon.md), March 15, 1998

Jacques Blanc led with 28.00% of the vote, 0.06 points ahead of Georges Freche.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Blanc | LDR | 98,929 | 28.0% |
| Georges Freche | LPS | 98,722 | 27.9% |
| Jean-Claude Martinez | LFN | 61,176 | 17.3% |
| Josianne Collerais | LPC | 35,001 | 9.9% |
| Jean-Louis Roumegas | LEC | 16,813 | 4.8% |
| Jean Benoit | LDV | 16,760 | 4.7% |
| Maurice Chaynes | LXG | 9,544 | 2.7% |
| Marcel Peytavi | LDG | 8,485 | 2.4% |
| Bernard Brule | LXD | 4,535 | 1.3% |
| Georges Cabanes | LDV | 3,298 | 0.9% |

Valid votes: 353,263

Turnout: 62.1% (366,580 of 590,380 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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