Parisian municipal election, 2008
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Municipal elections were held in Paris on 9 and 16 March 2008, at the same time as other French municipal elections. The outgoing Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë (PS), faced UMP candidate Françoise de Panafieu who was chosen to head his party's list in a primary election held in 2006. The MoDem MEP and François Bayrou supporter, Marielle de Sarnez, was the centrist candidate.
Control of the 20 arrondissements of the French capital was also to be decided in the elections. Of these, the PS-Greens-MRC controlled 12 (10 PS, 1 Green, 1 MRC) and the UMP eight. 163 councillors were due to be elected in the 20 arrondissements .
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[edit] Projections
The left is favored in 7 of the 12 arrondissements they control, while the right is favored in 7 of the 8 arrondissements they hold. 6 are battlegrounds between left and right.
According to a TNS-Sofres poll in the the 5th Arrondissement, former Mayor Jean Tiberi could be defeated by the PS candidate. Other polls indicate that Rachida Dati is safe in her arrondissement.
[edit] Results
| Municipal Election 2008: Paris (city-wide) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PS | Bertrand Delanoë* | ||||
| UMP | Françoise de Panafieu | ||||
| MoDem | Marielle de Sarnez | ||||
| National Front | Martial Bild | ||||
| The Greens | Denis Beaupin | ||||
| Revolutionary Communist League | |||||
| Movement for France | |||||
| New Centre | Yves Bozzo di Borgo | ||||
| Miscellaneous Left | Michel Charzat | ||||
| Miscellaneous Right | Claude Fain | ||||
| Gauche Moderne | 3 candidates | ||||
| Alliance Royale | Patrick de Villenoisy | ||||
| Joke candidate | Gaspard Delanoë | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| PS | |||||
| UMP | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| [[|Template:/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
