Regional Council of Aquitaine

Regional Council of Aquitaine Conseil régional d’Aquitaine Akitaniako Eskualde Kontseilua Conselh regional d’Aquitània
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President of the Council	Alain Rousset, Socialist since 1998
Structure
Seats	85
Political groups	Radical Party of the Left/   Socialist Party (45)  Left Front (3)   Europe Ecology – The Greens (10)   Union for a Popular Movement (17)   Democratic Movement (10)
Elections
Last election	2010
Meeting place
Hôtel de région, Bordeaux
Website
http://aquitaine.fr/

The Aquitaine Regional Council is the Conseil régional of Aquitaine (France). It is chaired by Alain Rousset (as of 2009). It includes 85 members.

Seats

By Department

• 36 councillors for Gironde
• 17 councillors for Pyrénées-Atlantiques
• 12 councillors for Dordogne
• 10 councillors for Lot-et-Garonne
• 10 councillors for Landes

Elections

2004

	Candidate	Party	Votes (Round One)	% (Round One)	Votes (Round Two)	% (Round Two)
	Alain Rousset (incumbent)	PS-PRG-Verts	516,392	38.42%	769,893	54.87%
	Xavier Darcos	UMP-CNIP	247,232	18.40%	469,386	33.46%
	Jacques Colombier	FN	153,859	11.45%	163,731	11.67%
	François Bayrou	UDF	215,796	16.06%	-	-
	Jean Saint-Josse	CPNT	96,925	7.21%	-	-
	Annie Guilhamet	PCF-MRC	58,485	4.35%	-	-
	Martine Mailfert	LCR/LO	55,215	4.11%	-	-
	Total		1,343,904	100.00%	1,403,010	100.00%

Past Regional Councils

1998

Party		seats
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |•	Socialist Party	28
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	Union for French Democracy	15
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	Rally for the Republic	13
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	National Front	9
style="background-color: Template:Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions/meta/color" |	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	8
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |•	French Communist Party	8
style="background-color: Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" |•	The Greens	3
style="background-color: Template:Citizen and Republican Movement/meta/color" |•	Citizens' Movement	1

1992

Party		seats
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |•	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	32
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	Socialist Party	20
style="background-color: Template:Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions/meta/color" |	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	10
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	National Front	8
style="background-color: Template:Ecology Generation/meta/color" |	Ecology Generation	7
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	French Communist Party	6
style="background-color: Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" |	The Greens	2

1986

Party		seats
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |•	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	39
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	Socialist Party	32
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	French Communist Party	8
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	National Front	4

Past Presidents

• Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1974-1979)
• André Labarrère (1979-1981)
• Philippe Madrelle (1981-1985)
• Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1985-1988)
• Jean Tavernier (1988-1992)
• Jacques Valade (1992-1998)
• Alain Rousset (1998-)