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Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 9 and 16 March 2008. These elections coincided with the municipal elections, in which the left did well.
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The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.
| Party/Alliance | Departments | Votes | % (first round) | Votes | % (second round) | |
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| PS | 3,572,789 | 26.73% | 2,415,348 | 35.11% | ||
| UMP | 3,158,400 | 23.63% | 1,843,500 | 26.80% | ||
| Miscellaneous Right | 2,016,938 | 15.09% | 1,035,770 | 15.06% | ||
| PCF | 2 | 1,172,378 | 8.77% | 387,397 | 5.63% | |
| Miscellaneous Left | 0 | 898,717 | 6.72% | 506,403 | 7.36% | |
| FN | 0 | 647,749 | 4.85% | 11,232 | 0.16% | |
| MoDem | 2 | 590,519 | 4.42% | 202,439 | 2.94% | |
| Les Verts | 0 | 558,612 | 4.18% | 106,789 | 1.55% | |
| NC | 2 | 265,318 | 1.99% | 161,575 | 2.35% | |
| PRG | 2 | 183,208 | 1.37% | 100,861 | 1.47% | |
| Miscellaneous | 0 | 129,925 | 0.97% | 68,486 | 1% | |
| Regionalists | 0 | 58,441 | 0.44% | 14,785 | 0.21% | |
| Far-Left | 0 | 50,047 | 0.37% | 7,825 | 0.11% | |
| Ecologists | 0 | 40,966 | 0.31% | 17,466 | 0.25% | |
| MNR | 0 | 19,918 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Ministry of the Interior results
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