Regional Council of Aquitaine

Regional Council of Aquitaine

*Conseil régional d'Aquitaine* (French)
*Akitaniako Eskualde Kontseilua* (Basque)
*Conselh regional d'Aquitània* (Occitan)
Regional Council of Aquitaine ; Conseil régional d'Aquitaine (French); Akitaniako Eskualde Kontseilua (Basque); Conselh regional d'Aquitània (Occitan);
	Logo of the Council (as of 2015)
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Disbanded	2015
Leadership
President	Alain Rousset, PS ; 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
	aquitaine.fr[dead link]

The Regional Council of Aquitaine was the regional council of the French region of Aquitaine. It included 85 members. It was replaced by the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 2016.

Seats

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%

Party		Seats
	Socialist Party	28
	Union for French Democracy	15
	Rally for the Republic	13
	National Front	9
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	8
	French Communist Party	8
	The Greens	3
	Citizens' Movement	1

Party		Seats
	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	32
	Socialist Party	20
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	10
	National Front	8
	Ecology Generation	7
	French Communist Party	6
	The Greens	2
	Citizens' Movement	1

Party		Seats
	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	39
	Socialist Party	32
	French Communist Party	8
	National Front	4

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-)