# 2001 Saintes municipal election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Saintes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes.md), March 11, 2001

Liste de gauche led with 39.9% of the vote, 3.2 points ahead of Liste divers droite.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 11, 2001

- Liste de gauche, 39.9%
- Liste divers droite, 36.7%
- Liste de droite, 18.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2001-03-18-runoff/conseil-municipal.md), March 18, 2001

- Liste divers droite, 51.1%
- Liste de gauche, 48.9%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Liste de gauche | 3,889 | 39.9% |
| Liste divers droite | 3,573 | 36.7% |
| Liste de droite | 1,764 | 18.1% |
| Liste d'extrême gauche | 517 | 5.3% |

Valid votes: 9,743

Turnout: 55.8% (10,357 of 18,560 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Bruno Drapron, 55.2%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Bruno Drapron, 31.8%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Philippe Machon, 55.7%
- [March 9, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean Rouger, 49.2%
- March 11, 2001: Liste divers droite, 51.1%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 11, 2001

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2001-03-11-local.md) (2,613)

## Sources

- [Élections municipales 2001](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/53699392a3a729239d20421e/), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.json.