# 2010 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 21, 2010

Jacques Auxiette won with 56.4% of the vote, 12.8 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 19 votes.

> 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: LUG 63 and LMAJ 30.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-14-general/52.md), March 14, 2010

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

### Second round, March 21, 2010

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

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacques Auxiette | LUG | 702,163 | 56.4% | Won |
| Christophe Béchu | LMAJ | 543,069 | 43.6% | Won |

Valid votes: 1,245,232

Turnout: 51.8% (1,321,387 of 2,552,023 registered)

## Results by department

Jacques Auxiette leads in 5 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 61.2% | +22.5 | 452,492 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52/maine-et-loire.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 52.9% | +5.8 | 269,492 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52/mayenne.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 52.3% | +4.6 | 102,840 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52/sarthe.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 59.5% | +19.0 | 187,856 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52/vendee.md) | Jacques Auxiette | 50.3% | +0.57 | 232,552 |

## 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: Jacques Auxiette, Christophe Béchu
- [March 28, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-28-runoff/52.md): Jacques Auxiette, François Fillon

## Sources

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52 and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2010-03-21-runoff/52.json.