Editing Brittany (administrative region) (section)

== Politics ==
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|+ Presidential runoff elections results
! scope="col" style="background-color: lightgrey;" | Year
! scope="col" style="background-color: lightgrey;" | National winner
! scope="col" style="background-color: lightgrey;" | Runner-up
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]
| style="background-color: #FFED99;" | '''75.36% ''1,301,226'''''
| style="background-color: #CD7F32;" | 24.64% ''425,462''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[2012 French presidential election|2012]]
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | '''56.35% ''1,075,919'''''
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | 43.65% ''833,346''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[2007 French presidential election|2007]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | 47.38% ''921,256''
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | '''52.62% ''1,023,056'''''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''88.56% ''1,523,388'''''
| style="background-color: #CD7F32;" | 11.44% ''196,712''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1995 French presidential election|1995]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''50.44% ''858,100'''''
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | 49.56% ''843,169''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1988 French presidential election|1988]]
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | '''55.10% ''929,363'''''
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | 44.90% ''757,417''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1981 French presidential election|1981]]
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | 48.95% ''796,769''
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''51.05% ''831,034'''''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1974 French presidential election|1974]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''56.54% ''781,563'''''
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | 43.46% ''600,678''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1969 French presidential election|1969]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''63.95% ''692,280'''''
| style="background-color: #ADD8E6;" | 36.05% ''390,240''
|-
| style="background-color: #f0f0ff;" | [[1965 French presidential election|1965]]
| style="background-color: #6495ED;" | '''63.15% ''806,958'''''
| style="background-color: #FF69B4;" | 36.85% ''470,839''
|}

The Region of Brittany is administered by the [[Regional Council of Brittany]].

The region was a traditionally conservative and [[Christian democratic]] region, with the notable exception of the department of [[Côtes-d'Armor]], a longtime stronghold of the political left. However, the whole of Brittany has recently been moving towards the left, in 2004 electing [[Jean-Yves Le Drian]] as its first [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] regional president, and in the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 presidential election]] voting for Socialist [[Ségolène Royal]]. The centrist candidate [[François Bayrou]] also polled relatively highly in the region and [[Fougères]] elected a [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]] deputy to the National Assembly (he has since joined the pro-[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] [[New Centre]]). The [[French Communist Party]]'s support is largely concentrated in the south-west of the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] and north-west of [[Morbihan]]. The [[The Greens (France)|Greens]] and other environmentalist parties have traditionally been strong in the region, especially in urban areas such as [[Rennes]] or [[Arrondissement of Quimper|Quimper]]. The region was one of the few which voted "Yes" to the European constitution in the [[2005 French European Constitution referendum|2005 referendum]], and Brittany continues, along with [[Alsace]], to be a strongly pro-European region.

The Socialist Party controls three [[Departmental councils (France)|departmental councils]] ([[Ille-et-Vilaine]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]], and [[Finistère]]), while the centrist [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]] controls that of [[Morbihan]], in a coalition with the right.
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