2021 French regional elections

2021 French regional elections

20 and 27 June 2021
All 17 regional presidencies All 1,757 regional councillors All 169 territorial councillors
First party Second party Third party   Leader Olivier Faure Christian Jacob Stanislas Guerini Party PS LR LREM Regions won 5 + 1 (PCR) + 1 (PPM) + 1 (Péyi-G) 4 + 1 (LC) + 1 (SL) + 1 (DVD) 0 + 1 (GUSR) Change 3 1 1 First round 4,507,955 30.66% 4.01 4,346,321 29.56% 2.91 1,294,107 8.80% 8.80 Second round 3,685,107 24.14% 4.72 5,942,566 38.93% 1.31 825,050 5.40% 5.40   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   REG Leader None Marine Le Pen Julien Bayou Party Regionalist RN EELV Regions won 1 (FC) 0 0 Change 1 First round 485,805 3.30% 2.04 2,838,202 19.30% 8.43 1,232,853 8.38% 1.75 Second round 185,920 1.22% 0.93 2,908,302 19.05% 8.05 1,719,493 11.26% 11.26
Second round results by region;   PS   DVG   LR   LC   DVD   REG

Regional elections were held in France on 20 June and 27 June 2021. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly, Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martinique, all for a six-year term. The Departmental Council of Mayotte, which also exercises the powers of a region, also participated in this election, because the departmental elections were held at the same time. Eighteen regional presidencies were at stake, with thirteen in mainland France and Corsica, as well as five overseas. Though they do not have legislative autonomy, these territorial collectivities manage sizable budgets. Moreover, regional elections are often perceived as a mid-term opinion poll. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regional and departmental elections were postponed, first to 13 and 20 June 2021 and then to 20 and 27 June 2021.

Voting system

The regional elections are held in direct universal suffrage using proportional representation lists. The election is held over two rounds, with majority bonus. The lists must be gender balanced by alternatively have a male candidate and a female candidate from the top to the bottom of the list. Only lists with as many candidates as available seats in every department of the region may compete. Before 2004, lists could be presented only at the departement level, allowing smaller parties (notably Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition, Alsace d'abord, Lutte Ouvrière, Revolutionary Communist League) to be represented as such in the regional councils and thus forcing major parties to enter into negotiations to rule some regions.

Following the 1999 and 2003 electoral reforms, with a first implementation in 2004, a two-round runoff voting system is used to elect the regional presidents. If no party gets at least 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round is held, which any party who got at least 10% in the first round may enter. Lists that obtain at least 5% of the vote in the first round may merge in the second round with a 'qualified list', which includes candidates from each merged list.

At the decisive round (first round if a list won 50%, the second round if not), the leading list receives a premium of 25% of the seats while the remaining seats are distributed among all lists who received at least 5% of votes. Thus, the majority bonus allows a leading list to have an absolute majority of seats in the Regional Council from one-third of votes in the second round. The seats are distributed among the lists at the regional level but within each list, seats are allocated by departement branch in proportion to the number of votes in each department.

Background

When National Rally MEP Jordan Bardella tweeted criticism of Muslim LREM candidate Sara Zemmahi for wearing a hijab in a campaign poster, Executive Officer of La République En Marche! Stanislas Guerini responded in agreement and Zammahi was barred from running as a LREM candidate. Guerini claimed that "wearing ostentatious religious symbols on a campaign document is not compatible with the values of LREM". This was condemned by fellow LREM deputies Coralie Dubost and Caroline Janvier.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2021 French regional elections

Results by region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Outgoing president : Laurent Wauquiez (LR)

2021 Regional elections in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Laurent Wauquiez *	LR-UDI-LMR-VIA	751,375	43.85	960,785	55.20	136	+23
	Fabienne Grébert	EÉLV-G·s-GÉ	248,017	14.47	585,039	33.61	51	-6
	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem	PS-PRG-GRS-CÉ	195,727	11.42
	Cécile Cukierman	PCF-LFI	95,434	5.57
	Andréa Kotarac	RN-LDP	211,178	12.32	194,789	11.19	17	-17
	Bruno Bonnell	MR-LREM-MoDem-Agir	168,292	9.82
	Chantal Gomez	LO	26,742	1.56
	Shella Gill	DIV	11,198	0.65
	Farid Omeir	UDMF	5,684	0.33
Valid votes			1,713,647	97.30	1,740,613	96.57
Blank ballots			30,859	1.75	41,392	2.30
Null Ballots			16,712	0.95	20,502	1.14
Turnout			1,761,218	32.59	1,802,507	33.35	204
Abstentions			3,642,126	67.41	3,602,658	66.65
Registered voters			5,403,344	100	5,405,165	100

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Outgoing president : Marie-Guite Dufay (PS)

2021 Regional elections in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marie-Guite Dufay *	PS-PRG-PCF	173,393	26.52	289,926	42.20	57	+6
	Stéphanie Modde	EÉLV-CÉ-GÉ	67,618	10.34
	Gilles Platret	LR-UDI-LMR-DLF-MEI	137,596	21.04	166,446	24.23	18	-7
	Julien Odoul	RN-LDP	151,625	23.19	163,363	23.78	18	-6
	Denis Thuriot	LREM-MoDem-Agir	76,457	11.69	67,220	9.79	7	+7
	Bastien Faudot	GRS-LFI-G.s	29,424	4.50
	Claire Rocher	LO	17,829	2.73
Valid votes			653,942	95.33	686,955	95.58
Blank ballots			21,293	3.10	20,109	2.80
Null Ballots			10,770	1.57	11,680	1.63
Turnout			686,005	34.88	718,744	36.54	100
Abstentions			1,281,027	65.12	1,248,387	63.46
Registered voters			1,967,032	100	1,967,131	100

Brittany

Outgoing president : Loïg Chesnais-Girard (PS)

2021 Regional elections in Brittany

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Loïg Chesnais-Girard *	PS-PRG-PCF	178,362	20.95	260,918	29.84	40	-13
	Daniel Cueff	BMV	55,514	6.52
	Isabelle Le Callennec	LR-LMR-LC	138,541	16.28	192,127	21.98	14	-4
	Claire Desmares-Poirrier	EÉLV-UDB-G·s-CÉ-GÉ	126,313	14.84	176,767	20.22	12	+12
	Thierry Burlot	LREM-MoDem-UDI-Agir-Volt-TdP	132,220	15.53	128,915	14.75	9	+9
	Gilles Pennelle	RN-LDP	121,452	14.27	115,541	13.22	8	-4
	Pierre-Yves Cadalen	LFI	47,444	5.57
	Valérie Hamon	LO	19,208	2.26
	Joannic Martin	PB	13,192	1.55
	David Cabas	DLF	11,919	1.40
	Christophe Daviet	DIV	4,198	0.49
	Yves Chauvel	EXD	1,844	0.22
	Kamel Elahiar	UDMF	1,030	0.12
Valid votes			851,237	95.39	874,268	95.67
Blank ballots			24,211	2.71	20,771	2.27
Null Ballots			16,967	1.90	18,825	2.06
Turnout			892,415	35.79	913,864	36.62	83
Abstentions			1,601,187	64.21	1,581,386	63.38
Registered voters			2,493,602	100	2,495,250	100

Centre-Val de Loire

Outgoing president : François Bonneau (PS)

2021 Regional elections in Centre-Val de Loire

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	François Bonneau *	PS-MR-PRG-PCF-CÉ	141,136	24.81	225,697	39.15	42	+2
	Charles Fournier	EÉLV-LFI-G.s-GÉ-LRDG-AE-ANLD	61,690	10.85
	Nicolas Forissier	LR-UDI-LMR-LC	107,031	18.82	130,306	22.61	13	-7
	Aleksandar Nikolic	RN-LDP-PL-LAF	126,489	22.24	128,183	22.24	13	-4
	Marc Fesneau	MoDem-LREM-Agir-LC-TdP-UDI diss.	94,712	16.65	92,259	16.00	9	+9
	Jérémy Clément	ECO	23,171	4.07
	Farida Megdoud	LO	14,555	2.56
Valid votes			568,784	95.63	576,445	95.76
Blank ballots			16,327	2.75	17,222	2.86
Null Ballots			9,666	1.63	8,272	1.37
Turnout			594,777	32.74	601,939	33.13	77
Abstentions			1,221,658	67.26	1,214,716	66.87
Registered voters			1,816,435	100	1,816,655	100

Corsica

Main article: 2021 Corsican territorial election

2021 Corsican territorial election

20 & 27 June 2021

All 63 seats in the Assembly 32 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FaC Gilles Simeoni 29.19 32 +4 CCB–LR–UDI Laurent Marcangeli 24.86 17 +1 PNC–CL Jean-Christophe Angelini 20.12 8 −5 Rinnovu Paul-Félix Benedetti 8.39 6 +6 TdP–LREM–RM Jean-Charles Orsucci 5.92 0 −6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the Regional Council before President of the Regional Council after Gilles Simeoni FaC Gilles Simeoni FaC

Outgoing president of the Executive council : Gilles Simeoni (FC)
Outgoing president of the Assembly : Jean-Guy Talamoni (CL)

2021 Territorial elections in Corsica

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gilles Simeoni *	FC	39,247	29.19	55,548	40.64	32	+14
	Laurent Marcangeli	A!-LR-CCB	33,432	24.86	43,769	32.02	17	+1
	Jean-Christophe Angelini	PNC	17,772	13.22	20,604	15.07	8	-15
	Jean-Guy Talamoni *	CL	9,280	6.90
	Paul-Félix Benedetti	Rinnovu	11,282	8.39	16,762	12.26	6	+6
	Jean-Charles Orsucci	TdP-LREM	7,957	5.92			0	-6
	François Filoni	RN	5,378	4.00
	Agnès Simonpietri	EÉLV-G.s-GÉ	5,039	3.75
	Michel Stefani	PCF	4,279	3.18
	Jean-Antoine Giacomi	EXD	791	0.59
Valid votes			134,457	98.22	136,683	96.79
Blank ballots			1,144	0.84	2,334	1.65
Null Ballots			1,286	0.94	2,206	1.56
Turnout			136,887	57.08	141,223	58.91	63
Abstentions			102,921	42.92	98,495	41.09
Registered voters			239,808	100	239,718	100

Grand Est

Outgoing president : Jean Rottner (LR)

2021 Regional elections in the Grand Est

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean Rottner *	LR-UDI-LMR	335,954	31.15	445,185	40.30	94	-10
	Laurent Jacobelli	RN-LDP-CNIP-DR	227,775	21.12	290,556	26.30	33	-13
	Éliane Romani	EÉLV-PS-PCF-CÉ-GÉ	157,461	14.60	234,450	21.22	27	+8
	Brigitte Klinkert	LREM-MoDem-Agir	116,120	10.77	134,414	12.17	15	+15
	Aurélie Filippetti	G·s-LFI-GRS	93,168	8.64
	Florian Philippot	LP-VIA	74,980	6.95
	Martin Meyer	UL	39,568	3.67
	Louise Fève	LO	28,091	2.60
	Adil Tyane	UDMF	5,262	0.49
Valid votes			1,078,379	95.08	1,104,605	95.35
Blank ballots			34,389	3.03	32,948	2.84
Null Ballots			21,411	1.89	20,890	1.80
Turnout			1,134,179	29.61	1,158,443	30.24	169
Abstentions			2,695,773	70.39	2,672,636	69.76
Registered voters			3,829,952	100	3,831,079	100

Guadeloupe

2021 Guadeloupean territorial election

20 & 27 June 2021

All 41 seats on the Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– GUSR Ary Chalus 72.43 33 +5 PS Josette Borel-Lincertin 27.57 5 −8 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President before President after Ary Chalus GUSR Ary Chalus GUSR

Outgoing president : Ary Chalus (GUSR)

2021 Regional elections in Guadeloupe

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ary Chalus *	GUSR-LREM	45,110	49.31	77,475	72.43	33	+5
	Josette Borel-Lincertin	FGPS-CELV	15,900	17.38	29,485	27.57	8	-5
	Ronald Selbonne	ANG-UPLG	8,591	9.39
	Max Mathiasin	PPDG-PSG	5,090	5.56
	Sonia Petro	LR-UDI	3,370	3.68
	Maxette Pirbakas-Grisoni	RN	3,131	3.42
	Éric Coriolan	DIV	2,638	2.88
	Jean-Marie Nomertin	LO	2,443	2.67
	Alain Plaisir	CIPPA	2,324	2.54
	Christelle Nanor	LGCA	1,287	1.41
	Willy William	DIV	1,069	1.17
	Tony Delannay	DLF	532	0.58
Valid votes			91,485	93.95	106,960	91.65
Blank ballots			2,405	2.47	4,040	3.46
Null Ballots			3,489	3.58	5,705	4.89
Turnout			97,379	30.77	116,705	36.88	41
Abstentions			219,093	69.23	199,760	63.12
Registered voters			316,472	100	316,465	100

French Guiana

Outgoing president of the Assembly : Rodolphe Alexandre (GR)

2021 Territorial elections in French Guiana

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gabriel Serville	Péyi G-G.s-LFI	9,510	27.68	25,342	54.83	35	+19
	Jean-Paul Fereira	AGEG-PSG-Walwari-MDES	8,020	23.34
	Jessi Americain	DVG	1,811	5.27
	Rodolphe Alexandre *	GR	15,020	43.71	20,879	45.17	20	-15
Valid votes			34,361	96.99	46,221	97.21
Blank ballots			533	1.50	714	1.50
Null Ballots			532	1.50	615	1.29
Turnout			35,426	34.79	47,550	46.78	55	4
Abstentions			66,392	65.21	54,089	53.22
Registered voters			101,818	100	101,639	100

Hauts-de-France

Outgoing president : Xavier Bertrand (DVD)

2021 Regional elections in the Hauts-de-France

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Xavier Bertrand *	LR-UDI-SL-LMR-RAD	551,068	41.42	708,518	52.37	110	-6
	Sébastien Chenu	RN-LDP-CNIP	324,260	24.37	346,918	25.64	32	-22
	Karima Delli	EÉLV-PS-PRG-PCF-G·s-LFI-GÉ	252,404	18.97	297,395	21.98	28	+28
	Laurent Pietraszewski	LREM-MoDem-Agir	121,466	9.13
	Éric Pecqueur	LO	47,325	3.56
	José Évrard	DLF	27,205	2.04
	Audric Alexandre	PACE-Volt-NC	6,700	0.50
Valid votes			1,330,428	95.85	1,352,831	96.45
Blank ballots			34,895	2.51	27,904	1.99
Null Ballots			22,770	1.64	21,948	1.56
Turnout			1,388,093	32.84	1,402,683	33.18	170
Abstentions			2,838,834	67.16	2,824,949	66.82
Registered voters			4,226,927	100	4,227,532	100

Île-de-France

Outgoing president : Valérie Pécresse (SL)

2021 Regional elections in Île-de-France

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valérie Pécresse *	SL-LR-UDI-MEI	785,576	36.19	1,076,821	45.92	125	+4
	Julien Bayou	EÉLV-G·s-CÉ-GÉ	282,502	13.01	789,666	33.67	53	-13
	Audrey Pulvar	PS-PRG-GRS	240,839	11.10
	Clémentine Autain	LFI-PCF	222,456	10.25
	Jordan Bardella	RN-LDP	285,115	13.14	253,001	10.79	16	-6
	Laurent Saint-Martin	LREM-MoDem-Agir	256,402	11.81	225,482	9.62	15	+15
	Victor Pailhac	REV	38,831	1.79
	Nathalie Arthaud	LO	31,956	1.47
	Éric Berlingen	UDMF	12,732	0.59
	Lionel Brot	DIV	11,582	0.49
	Fabiola Conti	Volt-PACE-NC-ANLD	3,629	0.17
Valid votes			2,175,649	97.47	2,344,999	97.37
Blank ballots			36,807	1.65	42,255	1.75
Null Ballots			19,685	0.88	21,082	0.88
Turnout			2,232,141	30.83	2,408,336	33.26	209
Abstentions			5,008,807	69.17	4,833,310	66.74
Registered voters			7,240,948	100	7,241,646	100

Martinique

Outgoing president of the Executive council : Alfred Marie-Jeanne (MIM)
Outgoing president of the Assembly : Claude Lise (RDM)

2021 Territorial elections in Martinique

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Serge Letchimy	PPM	30,267	31.66	50,104	37.72	26	+8
	Alfred Marie-Jeanne *	MIM-Palima-ME	24,664	25.80	46,857	35.27	14	-8
	Catherine Conconne	DVG	10,166	10.63	19,220	14.47	6	+6
	Jean-Philippe Nilor	Péyi A-RDM	11,481	12.01	16,664	12.54	5	-3
	Yan Monplaisir	LR	4,470	4.68			0	-3
	Philippe Jock	DVD	3,747	3.92
	Béatrice Bellay	FSM	3,407	3.56
	Olivier Bérisson	MUN	2,135	2.23
	Max Orville	MoDem	1,379	1.44
	Ralph Monplaisir	LREM	1,042	1.09
	Guy Ferdinand	DVD	1,018	0.16
	Marcel Sellaye	GRS	661	0.69
	Philippe Petit	UDI	612	0.64
	Gabriel Jean-Marie	CO	565	0.59
Valid votes			95,614	96.12	132,845	96.67
Blank ballots			1,901	1.91	2,329	1.69
Null Ballots			1,958	1.97	2,244	1.63
Turnout			99,473	32.45	137,418	44.83	51
Abstentions			207,057	67.55	169,080	55.17
Registered voters			306,530	100	306,498	100

Normandy

Outgoing president : Hervé Morin (LC)

2021 Regional elections in Normandy

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Hervé Morin *	LC-LR-LMR	278,263	36.86	332,889	44.26	60	+6
	Mélanie Boulanger	PS-PRG-EÉLV-G·s-CÉ-GÉ	138,647	18.37	196,893	26.18	20	-2
	Nicolas Bay	RN-LDP	149,946	19.86	146,838	19.52	15	-6
	Laurent Bonnaterre	TdP-LREM-MoDem-Agir	83,588	11.07	75,511	10.04	7	+7
	Sébastien Jumel	PCF-LFI	72,777	9.64			0	-5
	Pascal Le Manach	LO	23,733	3.14
	Stéphanie Kerbarh	MR	7,971	1.06
Valid votes			754,925	95.95	752,131	95.80
Blank ballots			21,254	2.70	22,776	2.90
Null Ballots			10,583	1.35	10,173	1.30
Turnout			786,762	32.99	785,080	32.91	102
Abstentions			1,598,056	67.01	1,600,116	67.09
Registered voters			2,384,818	100	2,385,196	100

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Outgoing president : Alain Rousset (PS)

2021 Regional elections in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alain Rousset *	PS-PRG-PCF	430,659	28.83	598,193	39.51	101	+12
	Edwige Diaz	RN-LDP	271,771	18.20	289,258	19.11	26	-3
	Nicolas Florian	LR	186,348	13.71	214,859	14.19	19	-28
	Nicolas Thierry	EÉLV-G.s-CÉ-GÉ-GRS	180,551	12.09	214,767	14.19	19	+1
	Geneviève Darrieussecq	MoDem-LREM-Agir-UDI	204,467	13.71	196,894	13.01	18	+18
	Eddie Puyjalon	LMR-RES	108,882	7.29
	Clémence Guetté	LFI	84,630	5.67
	Guillaume Perchet	LO	26,012	1.74
Valid votes			1,493,620	95.43	1,513,971	95.10
Blank ballots			39,346	2.51	42,396	2.66
Null Ballots			32,216	2.06	35,641	2.24
Turnout			1,565,182	35.96	1,592,008	36.57	183
Abstentions			2,787,124	64.04	2,760,872	63.43
Registered voters			4,352,306	100	4,352,880	100

Occitanie

Outgoing president : Carole Delga (PS)

2021 Regional elections in Occitanie

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Carole Delga *	PS-PRG-PCF-GRS	597,157	39.57	882,166	57.78	109	+33
	Jean-Paul Garraud	LDP-RN	341,254	22.61	366,471	24.00	28	-12
	Aurélien Pradié	LR-UDI-LMR	183,980	12.19	278,253	18.22	21	-4
	Antoine Maurice	EÉLV-G.s-CÉ-GÉ-POC-MEI	133,383	8.84			0	-12
	Vincent Terrail-Novès	LREM-MoDem-Agir	132,487	8.78			0
	Myriam Martin	LFI-NPA	76,381	5.06			0	-5
	Malena Adrada	LO	26,720	1.77
	Jean-Luc Davezac	OPN-RES	11,510	0.76
	Anthony Le Boursicaud	DIV	6,209	0.41
Valid votes			1,509,081	96.03	1,526,890	95.61
Blank ballots			36,176	2.30	41,120	2.57
Null Ballots			26,262	1.67	28,934	1.81
Turnout			1,571,519	37.24	1,596,944	37.83	158
Abstentions			2,648,964	62.76	2,623,888	62.17
Registered voters			4,220,483	100	4,220,832	100

Pays de la Loire

Outgoing president : Christelle Morançais (LR)

2021 Regional elections in the Pays de la Loire

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Christelle Morançais *	LR-UDI	278,948	34.30	392,640	46.45	57	+3
	Matthieu Orphelin	EÉLV-LFI-G.s-GÉ	152,081	18.70	294,705	34.86	24	-2
	Guillaume Garot	PS-PRG-PCF-GRS-UDB	132,693	16.32
	Hervé Juvin	RN-LDP	101,951	12.54	88,603	10.48	7	-6
	François de Rugy	LREM-MoDem-Agir	97,371	11.97	69,349	8.20	5	+5
	Cécile Bayle de Jessé	DLF	24,078	2.96
	Eddy Le Beller	LO	21,350	2.63
	Linda Rigaudeau	DIV	4,845	0.60
Valid votes			813,317	95.37	845,297	96.16
Blank ballots			24,669	2.89	20,663	2.35
Null Ballots			14,847	1.74	13,084	1.49
Turnout			852,833	30.73	879,044	31.66	93
Abstentions			1,922,512	69.27	1,897,047	68.34
Registered voters			2,775,345	100	2,776,091	100

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Outgoing president : Renaud Muselier (LR)

2021 Regional elections in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Renaud Muselier *	LR-UDI-LREM-MoDem-Agir-LMR	368,937	31.91	704,431	57.30	84	+3
	Thierry Mariani	LDP-RN-CNIP	420,633	36.38	524,882	42.70	39	-3
	Jean-Laurent Félizia	EÉLV-PS-PRG-PCF-GRS-G.s-GÉ	195,233	16.89
	Jean-Marc Governatori	CÉ	60,991	5.28
	Isabelle Bonnet	LO	31,878	2.76
	Noël Chuisano	DLF	31,204	2.70
	Hervé Guerrera	POC	25,209	2.18
	Valérie Laupies	LS	19,146	1.66
	Mikael Vincenzi	DIV	2,838	0.25
Valid votes			1,156,069	95.75	1,229,313	93.18
Blank ballots			33,522	2.78	63,299	4.80
Null Ballots			17,730	1.47	26,734	2.03
Turnout			1,207,391	33.72	1,319,346	36.84	123
Abstentions			2,373,318	66.28	2,261,991	63.16
Registered voters			3,580,639	100	3,581,337	100

Réunion

2021 French regional elections

20 & 27 June 2021
All 45 seats on the Regional Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Huguette Bello Didier Robert Party PLR LR Alliance Left Right Seats before 16 29 Seats won 29 16 Seat change 13 13 First round 47,889 20.74% 3.06 71,798 31.09% 9.27 Second round 152,639 51.85% 4.54 141,745 48.15% 4.54
President before election Didier Robert LR Elected President Huguette Bello PLR

Outgoing president : Didier Robert (DVD)

2021 Regional elections in Réunion

Candidate		List	First round		Second round		Seats	+/-
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Huguette Bello	PLR-LFI	47,889	20.74	152,639	51.85	29	+13
	Ericka Bareigts	PS-PCR	42,682	18.48
	Patrick Lebreton	DVG	17,977	7.78
	Didier Robert *	LR	71,798	31.09	141,745	48.15	16	-13
	Vanessa Miranville	CREA	22,879	9.91
	Olivier Hoarau	DVG	9,800	4.24
	Philippe Cadet	RCR	6,107	2.64
	Jean-Pierre Marchau	EÉLV-GÉ	4,632	2.01
	Joseph Rivière	RN	4,012	1.74
	Jean-Yves Payet	LO	2,627	1.14
	Corinne de Flore	CPDF	506	0.22
Valid votes			230,919	94.72	294,384	94.71
Blank ballots			6,158	2.53	8,027	2.58
Null Ballots			6,710	2.75	8,414	2.71
Turnout			243,787	36.46	310,825	46.50	45
Abstentions			424,830	63.54	357,627	53.50
Registered voters			668,617	100	668,452	100

Analysis

All incumbent regional presidents retained their seats. Three of them (Xavier Bertrand of Hauts-de-France, Laurent Wauquiez of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Valérie Pécresse of Île-de-France) were seen in the case of victory as potential contenders of presidential elections of 2022.

Results showed some recovery to the Socialist Party as well (most notably, in Occitanie).

Before the elections, pundits discussed the possibility of the National Rally winning a region (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), but they failed to do it and underperformed compared to their polling. The party's support dropped in all regions (most notably, in Hauts-de-France).

The La République En Marche failed to win any regional presidency.