# 1998 Rhône-Alpes regional election, Ain

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Rhône-Alpes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/region-rhone-alpes.md), March 15, 1998

Gerard Armand led with 33.7% of the vote, 2.2 points ahead of Dominique Saint-Pierre.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gerard Armand | LDR | 53,917 | 33.7% |
| Dominique Saint-Pierre | LMA | 50,337 | 31.5% |
| Andre Clavel | LFN | 29,733 | 18.6% |
| Jacky Garnier | LDV | 8,864 | 5.5% |
| Yves Petiot | LXG | 6,811 | 4.3% |
| Luc Billard | LDF | 3,847 | 2.4% |
| Bernard Prigent | LRG | 3,789 | 2.4% |
| Alain Coquard | LDG | 2,579 | 1.6% |

Valid votes: 159,877

Turnout: 52.4% (167,738 of 320,300 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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