# 2008 Saint-Pierre municipal election

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Saint-Pierre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-pierre-974.md), March 9, 2008

Turnout: 37,295 of 53,432 registered voters (69.8%). −1.5 points since 2001.

## [Municipal council of Saint-Pierre](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-pierre-974/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

Michel Fontaine won 38 of the 49 seats, with 53.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michel Fontaine | LMAJ | 18,892 | 53.5% | 38 |
| Elie  Hoarau | LCOM | 15,339 | 43.5% | 11 |
| Raymond Vimbaye | LDVG | 1,063 | 3.0% |  |

## Also on the ballot

### [La Réunion](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Bras-Panon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/bras-panon.md) | Daniel Gonthier | 47.0% |
| [Entre-Deux canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/entre-deux.md) | Bachil Moussa Valy | 48.2% |
| [La Plaine des Palmistes canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/la-plaine-des-palmistes.md) | Marc Boyer | 44.2% |
| [Les Trois-Bassins canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/les-trois-bassins.md) | Pierre Heideger | 41.5% |
| [Petite-Ile canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/petite-ile.md) | Serge Eric Hoareau | 44.5% |
| [Saint-Benoit 1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-benoit-1.md) | Daniel Sylvian Huet | 33.8% |
| [Saint-Denis 1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-1.md) | Nassimah Dindar | 56.4% |
| [Saint-Denis 3 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-3.md) | Gino Ponin-Ballom | 36.7% |
| [Saint-Denis 4 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-4.md) | Jean-Claude Fidji | 36.6% |
| [Saint-Denis 5 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-5.md) | Ibrahim Dindar | 29.9% |
| [Saint-Denis 6 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-6.md) | Serge Hoarau | 42.2% |
| [Saint-Denis 7 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-7.md) | Gilbert Marie Raymond Annette | 49.4% |
| [Saint-Denis 8 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-denis-8.md) | Emmanuel Marcel Hoarau | 37.3% |
| [Saint-Leu 1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-leu-1.md) | Thierry Jean Bernard Robert | 57.3% |
| [Saint-Leu 2 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-leu-2.md) | Jean-Luc Poudroux | 46.2% |
| [Saint-Paul 2 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-paul-2.md) | Cyrille Melchior | 62.8% |
| [Saint-Pierre 1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-pierre-1.md) | Elie Hoarau | 45.7% |
| [Saint-Pierre 2 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-pierre-2.md) | André-Maurice Pihouee | 65.8% |
| [Saint-Pierre 3 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-pierre-3.md) | Marie Scholastique Béatrice Honorine Ep Sigismeau | 44.6% |
| [Saint-Pierre 4 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/saint-pierre-4.md) | Jean Hermann Rifosta | 49.0% |
| [Sainte-Rose canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/sainte-rose.md) | Michel Jean-Yves Vergoz | 46.4% |
| [St-Andre III canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/st-andre-iii.md) | Jean-Marie Virapoulle | 44.0% |
| [Tampon 1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/tampon-1.md) | Nathalie Marie Andrée Bassire | 54.1% |
| [Tampon 3 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-la-reunion/2008-03-09-general/tampon-3.md) | Joseph Luc Guy Sorres | 54.3% |

## Contests

- [2008 Saint-Pierre municipal election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saint-pierre-974/2008-03-09-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 Saint-Pierre | 2.10 | 1.53 | 22.7 | 24.0 |  |  |

- From 35,294 votes and 49 seats.

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