# 1998 Poitou-Charentes regional election, Charente

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Poitou-Charentes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-poitou-charentes.md), March 15, 1998

Henri de Richemont led with 35.52% of the vote, 0.17 points ahead of Daniel Opic.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Henri de Richemont | LDR | 49,287 | 35.5% |
| Daniel Opic | LMA | 49,054 | 35.4% |
| Alain Leroy | LFN | 14,120 | 10.2% |
| Louis Mallet | LDV | 10,253 | 7.4% |
| Jean-Claude Fayemendie | LDG | 7,586 | 5.5% |
| Jean Pierre Courtois | LXG | 6,900 | 5.0% |
| Michel Deboeuf | LXG | 1,565 | 1.1% |

Valid votes: 138,765

Turnout: 57.8% (147,342 of 254,929 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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