# 2004 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur.md), March 21, 2004

Michel Vauzelle led with 35.0% of the vote, 8.9 points ahead of Renaud Muselier.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 from the Interior Ministry's results file for the election, which the ministry published separately from its file by département.

## Rounds

### First round, March 21, 2004

- Michel Vauzelle, 35.0% (Advanced)
- Renaud Muselier, 26.1% (Advanced)
- Guy Macary, 23.0% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-28-runoff/93.md), March 28, 2004

- Michel Vauzelle, 45.2% (Won)
- Renaud Muselier, 33.8% (Won)
- Guy Macary, 21.0% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michel Vauzelle | LGA | 633,341 | 35.0% | Advanced |
| Renaud Muselier | LDR | 472,035 | 26.1% | Advanced |
| Guy Macary | LFN | 415,169 | 23.0% | Advanced |
| Aline Vidal Daumas | LCP | 53,782 | 3.0% |  |
| Alain Vauzelle | LXD | 53,247 | 2.9% |  |
| Patrice Miran | LEC | 51,543 | 2.8% |  |
| Samuel Johsua | LXG | 48,680 | 2.7% |  |
| Philippe Sanmarco | LDG | 28,317 | 1.6% |  |
| Alain Persia | LDD | 19,550 | 1.1% |  |
| Jean-Marie Mure-Ravaud | LDD | 19,078 | 1.1% |  |
| Abel Djerari | LDV | 7,021 | 0.4% |  |
| Jerome Rocquigny De | LDD | 7,014 | 0.4% |  |
| Franck Vidal | LDV | 157 | <0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 1,808,934

Turnout: 61.3% (1,884,437 of 3,072,855 registered)

## Results by department

Michel Vauzelle leads in 6 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alpes-de-Haute-Provence](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/alpes-de-haute-provence.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 40.2% | +15.9 | 73,109 |
| [Alpes-Maritimes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/alpes-maritimes.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 30.9% | +1.7 | 378,492 |
| [Bouches-du-Rhône](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/bouches-du-rhone.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 39.5% | +15.2 | 701,282 |
| [Hautes-Alpes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/hautes-alpes.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 40.4% | +12.1 | 62,992 |
| [Var](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/var.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 30.1% | +1.7 | 378,316 |
| [Vaucluse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93/vaucluse.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 32.6% | +4.1 | 214,743 |

New boundaries for 2004. By area, this seat came from [Alpes-de-Haute-Provence](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/alpes-de-haute-provence.md) (22%), [Var](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/var.md) (19%), [Hautes-Alpes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/hautes-alpes.md) (18%), [Bouches-du-Rhône](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/bouches-du-rhone.md) (16%), [Alpes-Maritimes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/alpes-maritimes.md) (14%), and [Vaucluse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/1998-03-15-general/vaucluse.md) (11%).

## This race in other years

- [June 20, 2021](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2021-06-20-general/93.md): Renaud Muselier, 57.3%
- [December 6, 2015](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93.md): Christian Estrosi, 54.8%
- [March 14, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93.md): Michel Vauzelle, 44.1%
- March 21, 2004: Michel Vauzelle, 45.2%

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 2004](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/536993a5a3a729239d204258), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0

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