# 2008 Sommières municipal election

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

Turnout: 1,988 of 2,896 registered voters (68.6%). −10.5 points since 2001.

## [Municipal council of Sommières](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/sommieres/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md)

Guy Marotte won 23 of the 27 seats, with 66.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guy Marotte | LDVG | 1,273 | 66.0% | 23 |
| Pierre Martinez | LSOC | 467 | 24.2% | 3 |
| Philippe Ratier | LDVD | 188 | 9.8% | 1 |

## Also on the ballot

### [Gard](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general.md)

| Name | Leader | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Ales-Sud-Est canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/ales-sud-est.md) | Gérard Roux | 40.5% |
| [Anduze canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/anduze.md) | Félix Bonnal | 22.7% |
| [Aramon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/aramon.md) | Gérard Blanc | 54.0% |
| [Bagnols-sur-Ceze canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/bagnols-sur-ceze.md) | Alexandre Pissas | 32.7% |
| [Beaucaire canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/beaucaire.md) | Elie Bataille | 31.9% |
| [Genolhac canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/genolhac.md) | Guy Laganier | 64.4% |
| [La Vistrenque canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/la-vistrenque.md) | Jean Yannicopoulos | 42.9% |
| [La-Grand-Combe canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/la-grand-combe.md) | Patrick Malavieille | 49.8% |
| [Lasalle canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/lasalle.md) | Christian Flaissier | 41.0% |
| [Lussan canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/lussan.md) | Yvan Verdier | 53.1% |
| [Marguerittes canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/marguerittes.md) | William Portal | 48.3% |
| [Nimes-1 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/nimes-1.md) | Jean-Paul Fournier | 43.4% |
| [Nimes-2 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/nimes-2.md) | Thierry Procida | 30.2% |
| [Nimes-6 canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/nimes-6.md) | Richard Tiberino | 33.8% |
| [Quissac canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/quissac.md) | Lionel Jean | 37.3% |
| [Remoulins canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/remoulins.md) | Jacques Sauzet | 50.9% |
| [Rhony-Vidourle canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/rhony-vidourle.md) | Patrick Bonton | 40.0% |
| [Saint-Ambroix canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/saint-ambroix.md) | Jean-Claude Paris | 40.0% |
| [Saint-Gilles canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/saint-gilles.md) | Olivier Lapierre | 35.1% |
| [Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/saint-hippolyte-du-fort.md) | Damien Alary | 84.4% |
| [Sauve canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/sauve.md) | Olivier Gaillard | 68.6% |
| [Valleraugue canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/valleraugue.md) | Thomas Vidal | 45.0% |
| [Villeneuve-les-Avignon canton, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/departement-gard/2008-03-09-general/villeneuve-les-avignon.md) | Patrick Vacaris | 48.3% |

## Contests

- [2008 Sommières municipal election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/sommieres/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 Sommières | 1.98 | 1.35 | 17.0 | 19.2 |  |  |

- From 1,928 votes and 27 seats.

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