Editing Bordeaux (section)

==== 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>
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|+ 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
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!Bordeaux !! National
!Bordeaux !! National
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|align=left|'''[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'''||30.84%||'''31.18%'''||47.56%||'''53.06%'''
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|align=left|[[Ségolène Royal]]||'''31.37%'''||25.87%||'''52.44%'''||46.94%
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|align=left|[[François Bayrou]]||22.01%||18.57%||||
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|align=left|[[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]||5.42%||10.44%||||
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|align=left|Total votes||85.48%||83.77%||84.10%||83.97%
|}

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|+ 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
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!Bordeaux !! National
!Bordeaux !! National
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|align=left|'''[[François Hollande]]'''||'''33.05%'''||'''28.63%'''||'''57.18%'''||'''51.64%'''
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|align=left|[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]||28.68%||27.18%||42.82%||48.36%
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|align=left|[[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]]||12.16%||11.10%||||
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|align=left|[[François Bayrou]]||10.91%||9.13%||||
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|align=left|[[Marine Le Pen]]||8.22%||17.90%||||
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|align=left|Total votes||79.25%||79.48%||80.44%||80.35%
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