# 2008 Saintes municipal election, second round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Saintes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes.md), March 16, 2008

Jean Rouger won with 49.2% of the vote, 14.6 points ahead of Bernadette Schmitt.

Seats: LUG 27, LMAJ 6, and LCMD 2.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md), March 9, 2008

- Jean Rouger, 28.9%
- Bernadette Schmitt, 26.5%
- Philippe Callaud, 16.0%

### Second round, March 16, 2008

- Jean Rouger, 49.2% (Won)
- Bernadette Schmitt, 34.6% (Won)
- Jean-Philippe Ardouin, 16.2% (Won)

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

Valid votes: 11,334

Turnout: 63.0% (11,691 of 18,565 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 22, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2026-03-22-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Bruno Drapron, Ludovic Norigeon
- [June 28, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2020-06-28-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Bruno Drapron, Pierre Dietz, Jean-Philippe Machon, Rémy Catrou
- [March 30, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2014-03-30-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Philippe Machon, Isabelle Pichard-Chauché
- March 16, 2008: Jean Rouger, Bernadette Schmitt, Jean-Philippe Ardouin
- [March 18, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2001-03-18-runoff/conseil-municipal.md): Liste divers droite, 51.1%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 16, 2008

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2008-03-09-local.md) (914)

## 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/saintes/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-16-runoff/conseil-municipal.json.