# 1998 Pays de la Loire regional election, Vendée

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Pays de la Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire.md), March 15, 1998

Bruno Retailleau led with 41.1% of the vote, 14.2 points ahead of Jacques Auxiette.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruno Retailleau | LDR | 94,222 | 41.1% |
| Jacques Auxiette | LMA | 61,681 | 26.9% |
| Paul Petitdider | LFN | 19,028 | 8.3% |
| Bernard Suaud | LDF | 18,322 | 8.0% |
| Gilles Douillard | LDV | 13,915 | 6.1% |
| Danielle Laumont | LDG | 10,601 | 4.6% |
| Raoul Mestre | LDF | 10,492 | 4.6% |
| Jean-Paul Barrigault | LDV | 715 | 0.3% |

Valid votes: 228,976

Turnout: 60.2% (243,669 of 404,926 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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