# 2008 Saintes municipal election

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

Turnout: 11,330 of 18,562 registered voters (61.0%). +5.2 points since 2001.

## [Municipal council of Saintes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

Jean Rouger won 27 of the 35 seats, with 49.2% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean Rouger | LUG | 5,577 | 49.2% | 27 |
| Bernadette Schmitt | LMAJ | 3,925 | 34.6% | 6 |
| Jean-Philippe Ardouin | LCMD | 1,832 | 16.2% | 2 |

## Contests

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

## Elections held within this one

- [2008 Saintes municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-16-runoff.md), March 16, 2008

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