# 2004 Pays de la Loire regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Pays de la Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire.md), March 21, 2004

Jacques Auxiette led with 37.2% of the vote, 4.9 points ahead of François Fillon.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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

- Jacques Auxiette, 37.2% (Advanced)
- François Fillon, 32.3% (Advanced)
- Jean Arthuis, 12.1% (Withdrew)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52.md), March 28, 2004

- Jacques Auxiette, 52.4% (Won)
- François Fillon, 47.6% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Auxiette | LGA | 518,475 | 37.2% | Advanced |
| François Fillon | LDR | 450,560 | 32.3% | Advanced |
| Jean Arthuis | LDR | 169,254 | 12.1% | Withdrew |
| Samuel Marechal | LFN | 135,390 | 9.7% |  |
| Yves Cheere | LXG | 84,567 | 6.1% |  |
| Paul Petitdidier | LXD | 35,473 | 2.5% |  |

Valid votes: 1,393,719

Turnout: 61.9% (1,482,756 of 2,396,563 registered)

## Results by department

Jacques Auxiette leads in 3 departments; François Fillon leads in 2 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 43.4% | +15.1 | 500,312 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52/maine-et-loire.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 34.4% | +1.9 | 294,483 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52/mayenne.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 29.4% | +0.82 | 122,971 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52/sarthe.md) | François Fillon | 37.8% | +3.2 | 218,875 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52/vendee.md) | François Fillon | 38.8% | +4.4 | 257,078 |

New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/1998-03-15-general/maine-et-loire.md) (22%), [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/1998-03-15-general/loire-atlantique.md) (22%), [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/1998-03-15-general/vendee.md) (21%), [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/1998-03-15-general/sarthe.md) (19%), and [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/1998-03-15-general/mayenne.md) (16%).

## This race in other years

- [June 20, 2021](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52.md): Christelle Morançais, 46.4%
- [December 6, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-06-general/52.md): Bruno Retailleau, 42.7%
- [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52.md): Jacques Auxiette, 56.4%
- March 21, 2004: Jacques Auxiette, 52.4%

## 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-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52.json.