title: Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
text: # Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
  
  The Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes was the regional council of the French region of Poitou-Charentes until 2015. It included 55 members.
  
  ## Seats
  
  ### By Department
  
  * 18 councillors for Charente-Maritime
  * 14 councillors for Vienne
  * 12 councillors for Charente
  * 11 councillors for Deux-Sèvres
  
  ### By party
  
  | Party | Party | seats |
  | - | - | - |
  | • | Socialist Party | 20 |
  | | Union for a Popular Movement | 8 |
  | • | French Communist Party | 7 |
  | • | The Greens | 6 |
  | | Miscellaneous Right | 6 |
  | | National Front | 3 |
  | • | Left Radical Party | 2 |
  | • | Miscellaneous Left | 2 |
  | | Union for French Democracy | 1 |
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### 2004
  
  | Candidate | Party | Votes (Round One) | % (Round One) | Votes (Round Two) | % (Round Two) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ségolène Royal | PS-PRG-PCF-Verts | 350,466 | 46.29% | 448,950 | 55.10% |
  | Élisabeth Morin | UMP-UDF-MPF | 249,373 | 32.93% | 294,959 | 36.20% |
  | Jean-Romée Charbonneau | FN | 79,484 | 10.50% | 70,898 | 8.70% |
  | Gérard Fontenay | CPNT | 43,645 | 5.76% | - | - |
  | Claude Quemar | LO/LCR | 34,221 | 4.52% | - | - |
  | Total | | 757,189 | 100.00% | 814,807 | 100.00% |
  
  ## Past Regional Councils
  
  ### 1998
  
  | Party | Party | seats |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Socialist Party | 14 |
  | • | Union for French Democracy | 10 |
  | • | Rally for the Republic | 10 |
  | | French Communist Party | 4 |
  | | The Greens | 3 |
  | | National Front | 5 |
  | • | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 2 |
  | • | Miscellaneous Right | 2 |
  | | Miscellaneous Left | 2 |
  | | Left Radical Party | 1 |
  | • | Movement for France | 1 |
  
  ### 1992
  
  | Party | Party | seats |
  | - | - | - |
  | • | Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy | 24 |
  | | Socialist Party | 13 |
  | | National Front | 5 |
  | | The Greens | 4 |
  | | Ecology Generation | 3 |
  | | French Communist Party | 3 |
  | • | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 2 |
  | • | Miscellaneous Right | 1 |
  
  ### 1986
  
  | Party | Party | seats |
  | - | - | - |
  | • | Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy | 28 |
  | | Socialist Party | 21 |
  | | French Communist Party | 3 |
  | | National Front | 1 |
  
  ### Past Presidents
  
  * Lucien Grand (1974–1976)
  * Jacques Fouchier (1976–1978)
  * Francis Hardy (1978–1980)
  * Fernand Chaussebourg (1980–1981)
  * Michel Boucher (1981–1982)
  * Jacques Santrot (1982)
  * Raoul Cartraud (1982–1985)
  * René Monory (1985–1986)
  * Louis Fruchard (1986–1988)
  * Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1988–2002)
  * Dominique de la Martinière (2002)
  * Élisabeth Morin (2002–2004)
  * Ségolène Royal (2004-)
  
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