Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
# Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes

The Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes was the regional council of the French region of Poitou-Charentes until 2015. It included 55 members.

## Seats

### By Department

* 18 councillors for Charente-Maritime
* 14 councillors for Vienne
* 12 councillors for Charente
* 11 councillors for Deux-Sèvres

### By party

| Party | Party | seats |
| - | - | - |
| • | Socialist Party | 20 |
| | Union for a Popular Movement | 8 |
| • | French Communist Party | 7 |
| • | The Greens | 6 |
| | Miscellaneous Right | 6 |
| | National Front | 3 |
| • | Left Radical Party | 2 |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 2 |
| | Union for French Democracy | 1 |

## Elections

### 2004

| Candidate | Party | Votes (Round One) | % (Round One) | Votes (Round Two) | % (Round Two) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ségolène Royal | PS-PRG-PCF-Verts | 350,466 | 46.29% | 448,950 | 55.10% |
| Élisabeth Morin | UMP-UDF-MPF | 249,373 | 32.93% | 294,959 | 36.20% |
| Jean-Romée Charbonneau | FN | 79,484 | 10.50% | 70,898 | 8.70% |
| Gérard Fontenay | CPNT | 43,645 | 5.76% | - | - |
| Claude Quemar | LO/LCR | 34,221 | 4.52% | - | - |
| Total | | 757,189 | 100.00% | 814,807 | 100.00% |

## Past Regional Councils

### 1998

| Party | Party | seats |
| - | - | - |
| | Socialist Party | 14 |
| • | Union for French Democracy | 10 |
| • | Rally for the Republic | 10 |
| | French Communist Party | 4 |
| | The Greens | 3 |
| | National Front | 5 |
| • | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 2 |
| • | Miscellaneous Right | 2 |
| | Miscellaneous Left | 2 |
| | Left Radical Party | 1 |
| • | Movement for France | 1 |

### 1992

| Party | Party | seats |
| - | - | - |
| • | Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy | 24 |
| | Socialist Party | 13 |
| | National Front | 5 |
| | The Greens | 4 |
| | Ecology Generation | 3 |
| | French Communist Party | 3 |
| • | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 2 |
| • | Miscellaneous Right | 1 |

### 1986

| Party | Party | seats |
| - | - | - |
| • | Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy | 28 |
| | Socialist Party | 21 |
| | French Communist Party | 3 |
| | National Front | 1 |

### Past Presidents

* Lucien Grand (1974–1976)
* Jacques Fouchier (1976–1978)
* Francis Hardy (1978–1980)
* Fernand Chaussebourg (1980–1981)
* Michel Boucher (1981–1982)
* Jacques Santrot (1982)
* Raoul Cartraud (1982–1985)
* René Monory (1985–1986)
* Louis Fruchard (1986–1988)
* Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1988–2002)
* Dominique de la Martinière (2002)
* Élisabeth Morin (2002–2004)
* Ségolène Royal (2004-)

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