# 2015 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), December 6, 2015

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen led with 40.6% of the vote, 14.1 points ahead of Christian Estrosi.

> 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same head of list are marked as advancing; lists with at least 10 percent of the valid votes that did not are marked as withdrawn, whether or not they merged into another list.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, December 6, 2015

- Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, 40.6% (Advanced)
- Christian Estrosi, 26.5% (Advanced)
- Christophe Castaner, 16.6% (Withdrew)

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-13-runoff/93.md), December 13, 2015

- Christian Estrosi, 54.8% (Won)
- Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, 45.2% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | LFN | 719,746 | 40.6% | Advanced |
| Christian Estrosi | LUD | 469,884 | 26.5% | Advanced |
| Christophe Castaner | LUG | 294,398 | 16.6% | Withdrew |
| Sophie Camard | LVEG | 116,125 | 6.5% |  |
| Jean-Marc Governatori | LECO | 71,901 | 4.1% |  |
| Noël Chuisano | LDLF | 34,600 | 1.9% |  |
| Isabelle Bonnet | LEXG | 26,279 | 1.5% |  |
| Jacques Bompard | LEXD | 19,889 | 1.1% |  |
| Cyril Jarny | LDVG | 11,276 | 0.6% |  |
| Daniel Romani | LDIV | 10,752 | 0.6% |  |

Valid votes: 1,774,850

Turnout: 51.9% (1,830,992 of 3,525,279 registered)

## Results by department

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen leads in 5 departments; Christian Estrosi leads in 1 department.

| Name | Leader | Share | Margin | Valid votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alpes-de-Haute-Provence](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/alpes-de-haute-provence.md) | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | 34.9% | +5.2 | 68,986 |
| [Alpes-Maritimes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/alpes-maritimes.md) | Christian Estrosi | 37.9% | +0.008 | 392,624 |
| [Bouches-du-Rhône](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/bouches-du-rhone.md) | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | 39.9% | +17.2 | 651,225 |
| [Hautes-Alpes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/hautes-alpes.md) | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | 32.6% | +8.0 | 59,082 |
| [Var](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/var.md) | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | 44.6% | +17.0 | 392,916 |
| [Vaucluse](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2015-12-06-general/93/vaucluse.md) | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | 44.2% | +26.0 | 210,017 |

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

## Sources

- Shown: [Élections régionales 2015](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/56a0a693c751df54fbade715), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v1.0
- [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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