# 2008 Wattrelos municipal election, first round

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

Dominique Baert won with 68.7% of the vote, 57.3 points ahead of Marc Florin.

Seats: LSOC 39, LMAJ 2, and LEXD 2.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dominique Baert | LSOC | 9,893 | 68.7% | Won |
| Marc Florin | LMAJ | 1,639 | 11.4% | Won |
| Sylvie Langlois | LEXD | 1,118 | 7.8% | Won |
| Jean-François Buyck | LMC | 528 | 3.7% |  |
| Pierre Langlet | LEXG | 464 | 3.2% |  |
| Nordine Bellal | LDVG | 430 | 3.0% |  |
| Marc Dubrul | LEXG | 323 | 2.2% |  |

Valid votes: 14,395

Turnout: 48.6% (14,839 of 30,510 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/wattrelos/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Dominique Baert, 45.7%
- [March 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/wattrelos/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Dominique Baert, Christophe Ricci, Jean-François Soyez
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/wattrelos/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Dominique Baert, Roger Ackermann, Sandrine Deblock, Thierry Coulomb
- March 9, 2008: Dominique Baert, Marc Florin, Sylvie Langlois
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/wattrelos/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste de gauche, 58.8%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 9, 2008

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2008-03-09-local.md) (2,733)

## 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/wattrelos/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/wattrelos/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.json.