# 2008 Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume municipal election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume.md), March 9, 2008

Alain Penal led with 41.2% of the vote, 21.2 points ahead of Alain Decanis.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 9, 2008

- Alain Penal, 41.2%
- Alain Decanis, 20.0%
- Jean Ciantar, 15.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal.md), March 16, 2008

- Alain Penal, 52.6% (Won)
- Alain Decanis, 47.4% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Penal | LMAJ | 2,829 | 41.2% |
| Alain Decanis | LGC | 1,371 | 20.0% |
| Jean Ciantar | LDVD | 1,037 | 15.1% |
| Marc Basacco | LSOC | 847 | 12.3% |
| Georges Anfré | LDVG | 785 | 11.4% |

Valid votes: 6,869

Turnout: 64.9% (7,047 of 10,866 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Vesselina Garello, 54.2%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Alain Decanis, 47.5%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Christine Lanfranchi-Dorgal, 42.4%
- March 9, 2008: Alain Penal, 52.6%
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste divers droite, 58.8%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 9, 2008

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2008-03-09-local.md) (2,733)

## Sources

- [Élections municipales 2008](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/53699393a3a729239d204224/), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.json.