# 1998 Picardy regional election, Oise

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Picardie](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-picardie.md), March 15, 1998

Walter Amsallem led with 28.0% of the vote, 2.9 points ahead of Patrice Fontaine.

> Votes by list from the Interior Ministry's 1998 results file by département. Heads of list come from the Sciences Po CDSP file of the same results by constituency, matched to each list by its votes in the département.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walter Amsallem | LMA | 79,409 | 28.0% |
| Patrice Fontaine | LDR | 71,322 | 25.2% |
| Pierre Descaves | LFN | 69,008 | 24.4% |
| Roland Szpirko | LXG | 17,406 | 6.1% |
| Arnaud Caron | LEC | 14,292 | 5.0% |
| Bernard Dufossé | LDV | 6,739 | 2.4% |
| Jean Claude Giret | LDF | 6,631 | 2.3% |
| Bernard Lahitte | LEC | 6,177 | 2.2% |
| Guy Harle d'Ophove | LDV | 6,127 | 2.2% |
| Georges Toutain | LEC | 6,039 | 2.1% |

Valid votes: 283,150

Turnout: 59.9% (296,701 of 495,349 registered)

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 1998](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/elections-regionales-1998-571487), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Public record

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