# 2010 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 14, 2010

Thierry Mariani led with 26.60% of the vote, 0.81 points ahead of Michel Vauzelle.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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 14, 2010

- Thierry Mariani, 26.6% (Advanced)
- Michel Vauzelle, 25.8% (Advanced)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, 20.3% (Advanced)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-21-runoff/93.md), March 21, 2010

- Michel Vauzelle, 44.1% (Won)
- Thierry Mariani, 33.0% (Won)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, 22.9% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thierry Mariani | LMAJ | 388,365 | 26.6% | Advanced |
| Michel Vauzelle | LSOC | 376,601 | 25.8% | Advanced |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen | LFN | 296,283 | 20.3% | Advanced |
| Laurence Vichnievsky | LVEC | 159,426 | 10.9% | Withdrew |
| Jean-Marc Coppola | LCOP | 89,256 | 6.1% |  |
| Jacques Bompard | LEXD | 39,284 | 2.7% |  |
| Catherine Levraud | LCMD | 36,699 | 2.5% |  |
| Patrice Miran | LAUT | 34,076 | 2.3% |  |
| Pierre Godard | LEXG | 30,814 | 2.1% |  |
| Isabelle Bonnet | LEXG | 9,028 | 0.6% |  |

Valid votes: 1,459,832

Turnout: 44.9% (1,501,960 of 3,347,258 registered)

## Results by department

Michel Vauzelle leads in 4 departments; Thierry Mariani leads in 2 departments.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alpes-de-Haute-Provence](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/alpes-de-haute-provence.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 31.5% | +8.9 | 60,122 |
| [Alpes-Maritimes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/alpes-maritimes.md) | Thierry Mariani | 30.9% | +8.9 | 308,539 |
| [Bouches-du-Rhône](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/bouches-du-rhone.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 29.5% | +7.4 | 550,734 |
| [Hautes-Alpes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/hautes-alpes.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 31.6% | +6.4 | 50,005 |
| [Var](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/var.md) | Thierry Mariani | 33.0% | +9.8 | 315,235 |
| [Vaucluse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2010-03-14-general/93/vaucluse.md) | Michel Vauzelle | 24.2% | +0.52 | 175,197 |

## 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: Michel Vauzelle, 44.1%
- [March 21, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2004-03-21-general/93.md): Michel Vauzelle, 45.2%

## Sources

- [Élections régionales 2010](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/536993a8a3a729239d204260), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0

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