# 2008 Rivesaltes municipal election

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Rivesaltes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/rivesaltes.md), March 9, 2008

Turnout: 4,616 of 6,447 registered voters (71.6%). −9.6 points since 2001.

## [Municipal council of Rivesaltes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/rivesaltes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

Andre Bascou won 25 of the 29 seats, with 65.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Bascou | LMAJ | 2,864 | 65.0% | 25 |
| Patrick Cases | LCOM | 821 | 18.6% | 2 |
| Jean-Claude Berga | LSOC | 722 | 16.4% | 2 |

## Also on the ballot

### [Pyrénées-Orientales](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Arles-sur-Tech canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/arles-sur-tech.md) | Alexandre Reynal | 56.0% |
| [Ceret canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/ceret.md) | Robert Garrabé | 57.7% |
| [Elne canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/elne.md) | Marcel Mateu | 33.8% |
| [La-Cote-Radieuse canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/la-cote-radieuse.md) | Jacques Bouille | 44.1% |
| [Latour-de-France canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/latour-de-france.md) | Guy Ilary | 45.2% |
| [Millas canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/millas.md) | Christian Bourquin | 52.6% |
| [Olette canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/olette.md) | Jean-Louis Alvarez | 36.7% |
| [Perpignan-4 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/perpignan-4.md) | Jean Rigual | 42.3% |
| [Perpignan-5 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/perpignan-5.md) | Jean-Luc Englebert | 35.3% |
| [Perpignan-6 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/perpignan-6.md) | Veronique Vial-Auriol | 30.0% |
| [Perpignan-8 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/perpignan-8.md) | Jean Maydat | 32.0% |
| [Saillagouse canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/saillagouse.md) | Georges Armengol | 51.7% |
| [Saint-Esteve canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/saint-esteve.md) | Elie Puigmal | 45.7% |
| [Toulouges canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/toulouges.md) | Louis Caseilles | 42.8% |
| [Vinca canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-pyrenees-orientales/2008-03-09-general/vinca.md) | Henri Demay | 48.0% |

## Contests

- [2008 Rivesaltes municipal election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/rivesaltes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

## Party system indices

[How these indices are computed](https://electionsarchive.com/indices.md)

| Chamber | Effective parties by votes | Effective parties by seats | Gallagher index | Loosemore–Hanby index | Volatility | Nationalization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Municipal council of Rivesaltes | 2.07 | 1.33 | 18.4 | 21.2 |  |  |

- From 4,407 votes and 29 seats.

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/rivesaltes/2008-03-09-local and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/rivesaltes/2008-03-09-local.json.