2010 Île-de-France regional election

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March 2010


Nominee	Jean-Paul Huchon	Valérie Pécresse
Party	PS	UMP
Popular vote	1 720 644	1 314 580
Percentage	56.69%	43.31%

President before election

Jean-Paul Huchon
PS

Elected President

Jean-Paul Huchon
PS

The Île-de-France regional election, 2010 took place on March 14 and 21, 2010. Jean-Paul Huchon was elected a new time as President of the Île-de-France.

Candidates

The following were candidates:^[1]

PS : Jean-Paul Huchon
Europe Écologie : Cécile Duflot
FG : Pierre Laurent
MoDem : Alain Dolium
AEI : Jean-Marc Governatori
Presidential Majority - UMP : Valérie Pécresse
DLR : Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
FN : Marie-Christine Arnautu
NPA : Olivier Besancenot
LO : Jean Pierre Mercier

Socialist Party Primary

Incumbent President Jean-Paul Huchon won the primary by a landside against outsider Kamal Mazouzi (88% to 12%).

Union for a Popular Movement Primary

Union for a Popular Movement primary for Île-de-France regional election, 2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Valérie Pécresse	19,596	59,87%
	UMP	Roger Karoutchi	13,134	40,13%

Polls

Runoff polls

Poll Source	Dates administered	Jean-Paul Huchon	Valerie Pecresse
Opinion Way	December 10, 2009	57%	43%
Ifop	December 8–10, 2009	52%	48%
Opinion Way	February 3–4, 2010	55%	45%
CSA^{[permanent dead link]}	February 10–11, 2010	57%	43%
TNS Sofres	February 15–16, 2010	58%	42%
Ifop	February 25–26, 2010	55%	45%

Poll Source	Dates administered	Cécile Duflot	Valerie Pecresse
Opinion Way	December 10, 2009	57%	43%
Ifop	December 8–10, 2009	52%	48%

Results

**Results of the Île-de-France regional election**^[3]
Chief candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats
Chief candidate		List	#	%	#	%	#	%
	Valérie Pécresse	Presidential Majority	802 123	27,76	1 314 580	43,31	67	32,06
	Jean-Paul Huchon*	PS, PRG, MRC	729 898	25,26	1 720 644	56,69	142	67,94
	Cécile Duflot	Europe Écologie - Les Verts, Cap21	479 047	16,58
	Pierre Laurent	FG - Alternatifs - PCOF - DVG	189 193	6,55
	Marie-Christine Arnautu	FN	268 317	9,29
	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	DLR - CNI	119 844	4,15
	Alain Dolium	MoDem - GÉ	114 983	3,98
	Olivier Besancenot	NPA	90 319	3,13
	Jean-Marc Governatori	AEI	40 405	1,40
	Axel de Boer	Christian list	24 663	0,85
	Jean-Pierre Mercier	LO	18 286	0,63
	Almamy Kanoute	Émergence	12 242	0,42

Inscrits			6 764 105	100,00	6 764 008	100,00
Abstention			3 801 907	56,21	3 575 691	52,86
Votants			2 962 198	43,79	3 188 317	47,14
Blancs et nuls			72 878	2,46	153 093	4,80
Exprimés			2 889 320	97,54	3 035 224	95,20

* list of the incumbent president

The previous majority (left wing), led by Jean-Paul Huchon, won this election, and Jean-Paul Huchon was thus elected President of the region one more time.

References

^ Official list of candidates Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, French Ministry of the Interior
^ "UMP primary results". Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ "Résultats des élections régionales 2010 - Île-de-France".