# 2015 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), December 13, 2015

Bruno Retailleau won with 42.7% of the vote, 5.1 points ahead of Christophe Clergeau.

> 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, added up from the Interior Ministry's results by polling station on data.gouv.fr. The communes of a département add up to the département's result set.

Seats: LUD 54, LUG 26, and LFN 13.

## Rounds

### [First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-06-general/52.md), December 6, 2015

- Bruno Retailleau, 33.5% (Advanced)
- Christophe Clergeau, 25.8% (Advanced)
- Pascal Gannat, 21.3% (Advanced)

### Second round, December 13, 2015

- Bruno Retailleau, 42.7% (Won)
- Christophe Clergeau, 37.6% (Won)
- Pascal Gannat, 19.7% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruno Retailleau | LUD | 620,222 | 42.7% | Won |
| Christophe Clergeau | LUG | 545,594 | 37.6% | Won |
| Pascal Gannat | LFN | 286,711 | 19.7% | Won |

Valid votes: 1,452,527

Turnout: 57.2% (1,525,441 of 2,664,589 registered)

## Results by department

Bruno Retailleau leads in 3 departments; Christophe Clergeau leads in 2 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Christophe Clergeau | 45.2% | +6.1 | 533,673 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52/maine-et-loire.md) | Bruno Retailleau | 43.6% | +7.5 | 301,090 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52/mayenne.md) | Bruno Retailleau | 46.2% | +13.6 | 115,473 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52/sarthe.md) | Christophe Clergeau | 35.7% | +0.21 | 221,220 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2015-12-13-runoff/52/vendee.md) | Bruno Retailleau | 52.7% | +24.6 | 281,071 |

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

## Sources

- Shown: [Élections régionales 2015](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/56a0a693c751df54fbade715), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0
- [Données des élections agrégées](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/donnees-des-elections-agregees), data.gouv.fr. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

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