Editing Bordeaux (section)

== Politics ==

=== Municipal administration ===

[[File:Pierre Hurmic en conseil municipal en février 2018.png|200px|thumb|The current mayor [[Pierre Hurmic]]]]

The Mayor of the city is the environmentalist [[Pierre Hurmic]].

Bordeaux is the capital of five cantons and the Prefecture of the [[Gironde]] and [[Aquitaine]].

The town is divided into three districts, the first three of Gironde. The headquarters of Urban Community of Bordeaux Mériadeck is located in the neighbourhood and the city is at the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry that bears his name.

The number of inhabitants of Bordeaux is greater than 250,000 and less than 299,999 so the number of municipal councilors is 65.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Archives/Archives-elections/Dossier-elections-municipales-2014/Annexe-4-Nombre-de-conseillers-municipaux-selon-la-population-de-la-commune |title=Annexe 4 – Nombre de conseillers municipaux selon la population de la commune |first=Ministère de |last=l'Intérieur |website=www.interieur.gouv.fr |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620130239/https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Archives/Archives-elections/Dossier-elections-municipales-2014/Annexe-4-Nombre-de-conseillers-municipaux-selon-la-population-de-la-commune |url-status=live}}</ref> They are divided according to the following composition:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Political line !! President !! Seats !! Status
|-
| [[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]] – [[Parti socialiste (France)|PS]] – [[Parti communiste français|PCF]] – [[Radical Party of the Left|PRG]] – [[Génération.s|G.s]] – [[New Deal (France)|ND]] – [[Place Publique|PP]] || Ecologist and left ||[[Pierre Hurmic]] ||48 ||majority
|-
| [[The Republicans (France)|LR]] – [[Radical Movement|MR]] – [[Mouvement démocrate (France)|Modem]] – [[Agir (France)|Agir]] – [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]] – [[La République En Marche!|LREM]] || Right and centre-right ||[[Nicolas Florian]] ||14 ||opposition
|-
| [[New Anticapitalist Party|NPA]] – [[La France Insoumise|LFI]] – [[Left Party (France)|PG]] – [[Ensemble!|E !]] || Anticapitalist left ||[[Philippe Poutou]] ||3 ||opposition
|}

=== Mayors of Bordeaux ===

Since the [[Liberation of France|Liberation]] (1944), there have been six mayors of Bordeaux:
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]]
! Term start
! Term end
! class=unsortable|&nbsp;
! Party
|-
|[[Jean-Fernand Audeguil|Fernand Audeguil]]
|align=center|August 1944
|align=center|19 October 1947
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers' International}}" |
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]
|-
|[[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]]
|align=center|19 October 1947
|align=center|19 June 1995
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|-
|[[Alain Juppé]]
|align=center|19 June 1995
|align=center|13 December 2004
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]] / [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|-
|[[Hugues Martin]]
|align=center|13 December 2004
|align=center|8 October 2006
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|-
|[[Alain Juppé]]
|align=center|8 October 2006
|align=center|7 March 2019
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] / [[Les Republicains|LR]]
|-
|[[Nicolas Florian]]
|align=center|7 March 2019
|align=center|3 July 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
|[[Les Republicains|LR]]
|-
|[[Pierre Hurmic]]
|align=center|3 July 2020
|align=center|''Incumbent''
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |
|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]]
|-
|}
* [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]] was renamed to [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] in 2002 which was later renamed to [[Les Républicains|LR]] in 2015.

=== Elections ===

==== Presidential elections of 2007 ====
At the 2007 presidential election, the Bordelais gave 31.37% of their votes to [[Ségolène Royal]] of the Socialist Party against 30.84% to [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], president of the UMP. Then came [[François Bayrou]] with 22.01%, followed by [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] who recorded 5.42%. None of the other candidates exceeded the 5% mark. Nationally, Nicolas Sarkozy led with 31.18%, then Ségolène Royal with 25.87%, followed by François Bayrou with 18.57%. After these came Jean-Marie Le Pen with 10.44%, none of the other candidates exceeded the 5% mark. In the second round, the city of Bordeaux gave Ségolène Royal 52.44% against 47.56% for Nicolas Sarkozy, the latter being elected [[President of the Republic]] with 53.06% against 46.94% for Ségolène Royal. The abstention rates for Bordeaux were 14.52% in the first round and 15.90% in the second round.

==== Parliamentary elections of 2007 ====
In the parliamentary elections of 2007, the left won eight constituencies against only three for the right. After the partial 2008 elections, the eighth district of Gironde switched to the left, bringing the count to nine. In Bordeaux, the left was for the first time in its history the majority as it held two of three constituencies following the elections. In the first division of the Gironde, the outgoing UMP MP [[Chantal Bourragué]] was well ahead with 44.81% against 25.39% for the Socialist candidate [[Béatrice Desaigues]]. In the second round, it was [[Chantal Bourragué]] who was re-elected with 54.45% against 45.55% for his socialist opponent. In the second district of Gironde the UMP mayor and all new Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea [[Alain Juppé]] confronted the General Counsel PS Michèle Delaunay. In the first round, Alain Juppé was well ahead with 43.73% against 31.36% for [[Michèle Delaunay]]. In the second round, it was finally Michèle Delaunay who won the election with 50.93% of the votes against 49.07% for Alain Juppé, the margin being only 670 votes. The defeat of the so-called constituency "Mayor" showed that Bordeaux was rocking increasingly left. Finally, in the third constituency of the Gironde, Noël Mamère was well ahead with 39.82% against 28.42% for the UMP candidate Elizabeth Vine. In the second round, Noël Mamère was re-elected with 62.82% against 37.18% for his right-wing rival.

==== Municipal elections of 2008 ====
In 2008 municipal elections saw the clash between mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppé and the President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine Socialist [[Alain Rousset]]. The PS had put up a Socialist heavyweight in the Gironde and had put great hopes in this election after the victory of Ségolène Royal and [[Michèle Delaunay]] in 2007. However, after a rather exciting campaign it was Alain Juppé who was widely elected in the first round with 56.62 percent, far ahead of Alain Rousset who garnered 34.14 percent of the vote. At present, of the eight cantons that has Bordeaux, five are held by the PS and three by the UMP, the left eating a little each time into the right's numbers.

==== European elections of 2009 ====
In the European elections of 2009, Bordeaux voters largely voted for the UMP candidate Dominique Baudis, who won 31.54% against 15.00% for PS candidate Kader Arif. The candidate of Europe Ecology José Bové came second with 22.34%. None of the other candidates reached the 10% mark. The 2009 European elections were like the previous ones in eight constituencies. Bordeaux is located in the district "Southwest", here are the results:

UMP candidate Dominique Baudis: 26.89%. His party gained four seats. PS candidate Kader Arif: 17.79%, gaining two seats in the European Parliament. Europe Ecology candidate Bove: 15.83%, obtaining two seats. MoDem candidate Robert Rochefort: 8.61%, winning a seat. Left Front candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon: 8.16%, gaining the last seat. At regional elections in 2010, the Socialist incumbent president Alain Rousset won the first round by totaling 35.19% in Bordeaux, but this score was lower than the plan for Gironde and Aquitaine. Xavier Darcos, Minister of Labour followed with 28.40% of the votes, scoring above the regional and departmental average. Then came Monique De Marco, Green candidate with 13.40%, followed by the member of Pyrenees-Atlantiques and candidate of the MoDem Jean Lassalle who registered a low 6.78% while qualifying to the second round on the whole Aquitaine, closely followed by Jacques Colombier, candidate of the National Front, who gained 6.48%. Finally the candidate of the Left Front Gérard Boulanger with 5.64%, no other candidate above the 5% mark. In the second round, Alain Rousset had a tidal wave win as national totals rose to 55.83%. If Xavier Darcos largely lost the election, he nevertheless achieved a score above the regional and departmental average obtaining 33.40%. Jean Lassalle, who qualified for the second round, passed the 10% mark by totaling 10.77%. The ballot was marked by abstention amounting to 55.51% in the first round and 53.59% in the second round.

<small>''Only candidates obtaining more than 5% are listed''</small>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2007 Presidential Election<ref>[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles/elecresult__presidentielle_2007/%28path%29/presidentielle_2007/072/033/33063.html Résultat de l'élection présidentielle de 2007 à Bordeaux] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231204712/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles/elecresult__presidentielle_2007/%28path%29/presidentielle_2007/072/033/33063.html |date=31 December 2015 }} sur le site du ministère de l'intérieur.</ref>
!rowspan=2|Candidate !!colspan=2|1st round !!colspan=2|2nd round
|-
!Bordeaux !! National
!Bordeaux !! National
|-
|align=left|'''[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'''||30.84%||'''31.18%'''||47.56%||'''53.06%'''
|-
|align=left|[[Ségolène Royal]]||'''31.37%'''||25.87%||'''52.44%'''||46.94%
|-
|align=left|[[François Bayrou]]||22.01%||18.57%||||
|-
|align=left|[[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]||5.42%||10.44%||||
|-
|align=left|Total votes||85.48%||83.77%||84.10%||83.97%
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2012 Presidential Election<ref>[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles/elecresult__PR2012/%28path%29/PR2012/072/033/033063.html Résultat de l'élection présidentielle de 2012 à Bordeaux] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231204712/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles/elecresult__PR2012/%28path%29/PR2012/072/033/033063.html |date=31 December 2015 }} sur le site du ministère de l'intérieur.</ref>
!rowspan=2|Candidate !!colspan=2|1st round !!colspan=2|2nd round
|-
!Bordeaux !! National
!Bordeaux !! National
|-
|align=left|'''[[François Hollande]]'''||'''33.05%'''||'''28.63%'''||'''57.18%'''||'''51.64%'''
|-
|align=left|[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]||28.68%||27.18%||42.82%||48.36%
|-
|align=left|[[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]]||12.16%||11.10%||||
|-
|align=left|[[François Bayrou]]||10.91%||9.13%||||
|-
|align=left|[[Marine Le Pen]]||8.22%||17.90%||||
|-
|align=left|Total votes||79.25%||79.48%||80.44%||80.35%
|}

==== 2017 elections ====
Bordeaux voted for [[Emmanuel Macron]] in the [[2017 French presidential election|presidential election]]. In the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 parliamentary election]], [[La République En Marche!]] won most of the constituencies in Bordeaux.

==== 2019 European elections ====
Bordeaux voted in the [[2019 European Parliament election in France]].

==== Municipal elections of 2020 ====

After 73 years of right-of-centre rule, the ecologist Pierre Hurmic ([[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]]) came in ahead of Nicolas Florian ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]/[[LaREM]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200628-hidalgo-re-elected-as-paris-mayor-as-greens-claim-key-cities |title=Hidalgo re-elected as Paris mayor as greens claim key cities |date=28 June 2020 |website=RFI |access-date=7 January 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111164344/https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200628-hidalgo-re-elected-as-paris-mayor-as-greens-claim-key-cities |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Parliamentary representation ===
The city area is represented by the following [[List of constituencies of the National Assembly of France|constituencies]]: [[Gironde's 1st constituency|Gironde's 1st]], [[Gironde's 2nd constituency|Gironde's 2nd]], [[Gironde's 3rd constituency|Gironde's 3rd]], [[Gironde's 4th constituency|Gironde's 4th]], [[Gironde's 5th constituency|Gironde's 5th]], [[Gironde's 6th constituency|Gironde's 6th]], [[Gironde's 7th constituency|Gironde's 7th]].