View source for 2004 French cantonal elections

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{{Politics of France}}
Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100  [[Departments of France|departments]] were held on 21 and 28 March 2004. These elections coincided with the left's landslide in the [[2004 French regional elections|regional elections]] held at the same time and also resulted in strong performances by the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) and its allies on the left, leaving the Socialists in control of a majority of [[Departments of France|departments]].
[[Image:FranceCantonale04.png|Map showing the political affiliations of general council presidencies in the departments of metropolitan France following the cantonal elections of 2004|left|thumb]]

==Electoral system==
The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections. 
*Councillors are elected from single-member constituencies (the [[Cantons of France|cantons]]). 
*A candidate securing the votes of at least 25% of the canton's registered voters and more than 50% of the total number of votes actually cast in the first round of voting is thereby elected. If no candidate satisfies these conditions, then a second round of voting is held one week later.
*Entitled to present themselves in the second round are the two candidates who received the highest number of votes in the first round, plus any other candidate or candidates who received the votes of at least 10% of those registered to vote in the canton.
*In the second round, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected.

==Change in control==

===From right to left===

* [[Hautes-Alpes]] (DVG)
* [[Charente]] (PS)
* [[Cher (department)|Cher]] (PS)
* [[Doubs]] (PS)
* [[Drôme]](PS)
* [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] (PS)
* [[Loire-Atlantique]] (PS)
* [[Oise]] (PS)
* [[Saône-et-Loire]] (PS)
* [[Seine-Maritime]] (PS)
* [[Seine-et-Marne]] (PS)

===From left to right===

* [[Corse-du-Sud]] (UMP)

==National results==

{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
!colspan=2|Party/Alliance
!General council Presidencies
!Votes
!% (first round)
!Votes
!% (second round)
|-
|bgcolor="#E75480"|&nbsp;
|[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 44
| 3,226,525
| 26.25%
| 4,010,716
| 38.56%
|-
|bgcolor="#0000C8"|&nbsp;
|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 37
| 2,574,331
| 20.94%
| 2,831,478
| 27.22%
|-
|bgcolor="#00CCCC"|
|[[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]
| 8
| 584,587
| 4.76%
| 484,204
| 4.65%
|-
|bgcolor="#FFBF00"|
|[[Left Radical Party|PRG]]
| 3
| 156,305
| 1.27%
| 134,365
| 1.29%
|-
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
| 2
| 957,223
| 7.80% 
| 492,815
| 4.74%
|-
|bgcolor="#DA7B8B"|
|[[Miscellaneous Left]]
| 2
| 740,521
| 6.02%
| 616,631 
| 5.93%
|-
|bgcolor="#4C4CB0"|
|[[Miscellaneous Right]]
| 2
| 1,396,741
| 11.36% 
| 1,103,938
| 10.61%
|-
|bgcolor="#003366"|
|[[Movement for France|MPF]]
| 1
| ''see DVD''
| ''see DVD''
| ''see DVD''
| ''see DVD''
|-
|bgcolor="gray"|
|Miscellaneous
| 1
| 132,883
| 1.08% 
| 83,622
| 0.80%
|-
|bgcolor="#704214"|
|[[National Front (France)|FN]]
| 0
| 1,490,315
| 12.13%
| 502,973
| 4.84%
|-
|bgcolor="#00c000"|
|[[The Greens (France)|Les Verts]]
| 0
| 502,142
| 4.09%
| 101,434
| 0.98%
|-
|bgcolor="#C41E3A"|
|Far-Left
| 0
| 367,817
| 2.99%
| 6,271
| 0.06%
|-
|bgcolor="#dddd00"|
|Regionalists
| 0
| 50,143
| 0.41%
| 13,180
| 0.13%
|-
|bgcolor="#77ff77"|
|Ecologists
| 0
| 48,838
| 0.40%
| 4,588
| 0.04%
|-
|bgcolor="#80461B"|
|[[National Republican Movement|MNR]]
| 0
| 44,251
| 0.36%
| 11,620
| 0.11%
|-
|bgcolor="#BDB76B"|
|[[Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions|CPNT]]
| 0
| 17,786
| 0.14%
| 4,358
| 0.04%
|}

==Sources==

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080319110218/http://www.election-politique.com/cantonales.php E-P]

[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/can2004/index.html Ministry of the Interior results]

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