2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election

The 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election took place on 6 (first round) and 13 December (second round) to renew the 123 members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election
6 and 13 December 2015
All 123 regional councillors
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Christian Estrosi Marion Maréchal-Le Pen Christophe Castaner
Party LR FN PS
Seats won 81 42 0
First round 469,884 719,746 294,398
Percentage 26.47% 40.55% 16.59%
Second round 1,073,485 886,147 Withdrew
Percentage 54.78% 45.22% Withdrew
Regional Council after election.
  The Republicans
  National Front
President of the Regional Council before election

Michel Vauzelle
PS

 Elected President of the Regional Council

Christian Estrosi
LR

On the first round, the Front National, led by Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, placed far ahead with over 40% of the vote, 14 points ahead of the lead right-wing candidate Christian Estrosi of The Republicans and 24 points ahead of the incumbent party list, that of the Socialist Party, whose lead candidate Christophe Castaner decided to withdraw the list from the second round, to allow Christian Estrosi a one-on-one round with the National Front.

On the second round, the right-wing list won the most votes, but the National Rally achieved more than 45% of the vote, the best result to date of the far-right in any region of France. The right-wing list took the presidency of the regional council after 17 years of Socialist rule under Michel Vauzelle, who did not seek reelection. The Socialist Party was removed altogether from the regional council. To date, it has not managed to regain a single seat in the regional council.

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