# 2004 Pays de la Loire regional election, second round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Pays de la Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire.md), March 28, 2004

Jacques Auxiette won with 52.4% of the vote, 4.7 points ahead of François Fillon.

> 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.

Seats: LGA 60 and LDR 33.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52.md), March 21, 2004

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

### Second round, March 28, 2004

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Auxiette | LGA | 762,566 | 52.4% | Won |
| François Fillon | LDR | 694,049 | 47.6% | Won |

Valid votes: 1,456,615

Turnout: 63.8% (1,529,261 of 2,396,096 registered)

## Results by department

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

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 57.7% | +15.3 | 521,461 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52/maine-et-loire.md) | François Fillon | 50.0% | +0.05 | 308,266 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52/mayenne.md) | François Fillon | 52.9% | +5.9 | 127,965 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52/sarthe.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 53.7% | +7.4 | 233,013 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52/vendee.md) | François Fillon | 54.0% | +8.0 | 265,910 |

## This race in other years

- [June 27, 2021](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-27-runoff/52.md): Christelle Morançais, Matthieu Orphelin, Hervé Juvin, Francois de Rugy
- [December 13, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52.md): Bruno Retailleau, Christophe Clergeau, Pascal Gannat
- [March 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52.md): Jacques Auxiette, Christophe Béchu
- March 28, 2004: Jacques Auxiette, François Fillon

## 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/2004-03-28-runoff/52 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52.json.