# 2021 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), June 20, 2021

Christelle Morançais led with 34.3% of the vote, 15.6 points ahead of Matthieu Orphelin.

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head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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

## Rounds

### First round, June 20, 2021

- Christelle Morançais, 34.3% (Advanced)
- Matthieu Orphelin, 18.7% (Advanced)
- Hervé Juvin, 12.5% (Advanced)
- Francois de Rugy, 12.0% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-27-runoff/52.md), June 27, 2021

- Christelle Morançais, 46.4% (Won)
- Matthieu Orphelin, 34.9% (Won)
- Hervé Juvin, 10.5% (Won)
- Francois de Rugy, 8.2% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christelle Morançais | LUCD | 278,948 | 34.3% | Advanced |
| Matthieu Orphelin | LUGE | 152,081 | 18.7% | Advanced |
| Guillaume Garot | LUG | 132,693 | 16.3% | Withdrew |
| Hervé Juvin | LRN | 101,951 | 12.5% | Advanced |
| Francois de Rugy | LUC | 97,371 | 12.0% | Advanced |
| Cécile Bayle de Jessé | LDSV | 24,078 | 3.0% |  |
| Eddy Le Beller | LEXG | 21,350 | 2.6% |  |
| Linda Rigaudeau | LDIV | 4,845 | 0.6% |  |

Valid votes: 813,317

Turnout: 30.7% (852,833 of 2,775,345 registered)

## Results by department

Christelle Morançais leads in 4 departments; Guillaume Garot leads in 1 department.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Loire-Atlantique](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52/loire-atlantique.md) | Christelle Morançais | 29.3% | +6.6 | 308,017 |
| [Maine-et-Loire](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52/maine-et-loire.md) | Christelle Morançais | 35.3% | +12.7 | 161,030 |
| [Mayenne](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52/mayenne.md) | Guillaume Garot | 36.0% | +4.9 | 67,737 |
| [Sarthe](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52/sarthe.md) | Christelle Morançais | 40.1% | +25.0 | 114,279 |
| [Vendée](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2021-06-20-general/52/vendee.md) | Christelle Morançais | 40.0% | +24.3 | 162,254 |

## This race in other years

- June 20, 2021: 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](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-pays-de-la-loire/2004-03-21-general/52.md): Jacques Auxiette, 52.4%

## Sources

- Shown: [Élections régionales 2021](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/60d1c3d14fc2e0fda6816678), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Public record
- [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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