Dominique Estrosi-Sassone (UMP)
There is a national defeat, and it must be accepted. Our list would be leading in the Alpes-Maritimes. We must especially take into account the rise of the extremes with the return of the National Front, resulting in the election of Michel Vauzelle. Our fellow citizens did not fully understand the stakes of this election and how the Region can change their daily lives. Voters cast their votes more in a national context.
Michel Vauzelle (President of the Regional Council PS)
This is the victory of a people hurt by the President of the UMP who claimed this region belonged to the right. Tonight the people reminded the President that they have a choice. The left won here tonight because it carried the values of the left and the Republic.
Xavier Gracia: (Spokesperson Socialist Party 06)
The estimates put us neck and neck with the UMP. This is a tremendous message of hope. We just won an election!
Thierry Mariani (UMP)
I note that Michel Vauzelle did not review his project and that we fought a good fight. We had the same discourse, and we restored an important value in politics, the truth. On a national level, there was indeed a message, but the reforms undertaken by the government are necessary.
Jean-Marie Le Pen (National Front)
The FN’s score is more significant in all regions. I thank those who fought in the first and second rounds. This is a defeat for the official political world. I want to salute all those who placed their hopes in their votes. Many French people turned to us because we are the national solution. It’s difficult to admit that we have won a victory.
RESULTS NICE
Registered: 213,536
Voters: 107,079
Votes cast: 104,157
Abstention: 49.85%
Michel Vauzelle (PS): 39.12%
Thierry Mariani (UMP): 36.32%
Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN): 24.56%
Seats in PACA
Socialist Party: 72 seats
UMP: 31 seats
National Front: 21 seats
Estimated votes in:
Peille
Vauzelle: 401
Le Pen: 255
Mariani: 253
Registered: 1,864
Voters: 931
Votes cast: 909
Drap
Vauzelle: 712
Le Pen: 459
Mariani: 315
Registered: 3,009
Voters: 1,545
Votes cast: 1,486
Blausasc
Vauzelle: 272
Mariani: 272
Le Pen: 254
Registered: 1,235
Voters: 821
Votes cast: 798
Lucéram:
Vauzelle: 290
Mariani: 154
Le Pen: 135
Registered: 1,052
Voters: 605
Votes cast: 579
