# 2010 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 14, 2010

Jacques Auxiette led with 34.4% of the vote, 1.6 points ahead of Christophe Béchu.

> The ministry's file by commune and its file by département are separate publications and differ slightly: no total or list's votes here differs from the département result set by up to 9 votes.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 14, 2010

- Jacques Auxiette, 34.4% (Advanced)
- Christophe Béchu, 32.8% (Advanced)
- Jean-Philippe Magnen, 13.6% (Withdrew)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52.md), March 21, 2010

- Jacques Auxiette, 56.4% (Won)
- Christophe Béchu, 43.6% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Auxiette | LUG | 405,105 | 34.4% | Advanced |
| Christophe Béchu | LMAJ | 386,479 | 32.8% | Advanced |
| Jean-Philippe Magnen | LVEC | 160,831 | 13.6% | Withdrew |
| Brigitte Neveux | LFN | 83,159 | 7.1% |  |
| Marc Gicquel | LCOP | 58,901 | 5.0% |  |
| Patricia Gallerneau | LCMD | 53,879 | 4.6% |  |
| Eddy Le Beller | LEXG | 18,861 | 1.6% |  |
| Jacky Flippot | LREG | 11,670 | 1.0% |  |

Valid votes: 1,178,885

Turnout: 48.2% (1,230,753 of 2,551,765 registered)

## Results by department

Christophe Béchu 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/2010-03-14-general/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 35.6% | +7.5 | 434,978 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52/maine-et-loire.md) | Christophe Béchu | 37.7% | +6.2 | 253,969 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52/mayenne.md) | Christophe Béchu | 36.2% | +3.6 | 95,449 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52/sarthe.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 35.7% | +6.6 | 174,495 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52/vendee.md) | Christophe Béchu | 37.8% | +2.9 | 219,994 |

## 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: Jacques Auxiette, 56.4%
- [March 21, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52.md): Jacques Auxiette, 52.4%

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 2010](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/536993a8a3a729239d204260), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0

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