title: 1998 French cantonal elections
text: # 1998 French cantonal elections
  
  Cantonale elections to renew the first series of cantons general councillors were held in France on 15 and 22 March 1998.
  
  ## Electoral system
  
  The cantonales elections use the same system as the regional or legislative elections. There is a 10% threshold (10% of registered voters) needed to proceed to the second round.
  
  ## Change in control
  
  ### From right to left
  
  * Aisne
  * Allier
  * Ardèche
  * Finistère
  * Gers
  * Meurthe-et-Moselle
  * Nord
  * Puy-de-Dôme
  * Pyrénées-Orientales
  * Essonne
  * Haute-Saône
  
  ## National results
  
  | Party/Alliance | % (first round) | % (second round) |
  | - | - | - |
  | PS | 23.93% | 34.42% |
  | RPR | 13.86% | 16.52% |
  | FN | 13.83% | 7.37% |
  | UDF | 13.50% | 15.11% |
  | Miscellaneous Right | 13.23% | 13.06% |
  | PCF | 10.15% | 6.17% |
  | Miscellaneous Left | 5.28% | 5.02% |
  | Les Verts | 3.43% | 0.53% |
  | Ecologists | 0.72% | 0.10% |
  | MDC | 0.69% | 0.36% |
  | Far-Left | 0.61% | 0.28% |
  | Miscellaneous | 0.50% | 0.00% |
  | PRG | 0.19% | 1.02% |
  | Far-Right | 0.08% | 0.00% |
  
  ## Sources
  
  E-P
  
  