France's Regional Elections: 2nd round in the Loire (part 2) – Tours to Saumur

Overall across France: Droite - UP (blue) : 40,24%

Gauche - PS or UG (purple) : 28,86%

FN : 27,10%(black) 

 (source: le ministère de l'Intérieur)

58.48% of electorate voted

It is fascinating to look at Sunday's election results across the Loire and, especially, regarding a selection of wine communes. 

It is no surprise that as France's longest river La Loire straddles four of France's 15 Regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val-de-Loire and Pays de la Loire. It could even be five if we include Bretagne. This time the spoils are equally divided with the Right winning Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Pays de la Loire and the Left taking Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Centre-Val-de-Loire.

In yesterday's post it was difficult to discern patterns with apparently very similar communes voting in quite different ways. This continues today with this look at western Touraine and Saumur. I note that Bourgueil is strong left, while Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, whose wines sell more easily than those of Bourgueil and for more money, is comfortably National Front.

Or take three communes in Chinon: Chinon itself, Cravant-les-Coteaux and the adjoining commune of Panzoult. Chinon clearly left, Cravant equally clearly right while Panzoult is National Front albeit by a margin of less than 2%.

Again voter participation is impressive in comparison to that in the UK for similar elections.         

Centre-Val-de-Loire:

Touraine Azay-le-Rideau
Azay-le-Rideau: UG: 39.37%, UD: 37.57%, FN: 23.06% Voted: 55.90%

Touraine
  Chinon
Chinon: UG: 45.28%, UD: 31.46%, FN: 23.27% Voted: 56.35%
Cravant-les-Coteaux: UD: 47.57%, UG: 28.38%, FN: 24.05% Voted: 61.06%
Panzoult: FN: 36.54%, UD: 34.94%, UG: 28.53% Voted: 68.42%
Ile Bouchard: UD: 36.39%, UG: 31.95%, FN: 31.66% Voted: 58.30%
Sazilly: FN: 41.67%, UG: 31.67%, UD: 26.67% Voted: 58.22%
Ligré: UD: 38.00%, FN: 31.52%, UG: 30.48% Voted: 61.43%
Avoine: UG: 46.46%, FN: 28.47%, UD: 25.07% Voted: 53.61%
Savigny-en-Veron: UG: 40.45%, UD: 30.12%, FN: 29.43% Voted: 55.28% 

Bourgueil
Bourgueil: UG: 41.28%, UD: 34.11%, FN: 24.61% Voted: 58.87%
Saint-Patrice: UG: 36.69%, UD: 32.79%, FN: 30.52% Voted: 65.59%
Ingrandes-de-Touraine: FN: 34.18%, UD: 33.45%, UG: 32.36% Voted: 72.28%
Restigné: UD: 34.08%, FN: 33.39%, UG: 32.53% Voted: 59.87% 
Benais: UG: 41.69%, FN: 32.90%, UD: 25.71% Voted: 63.39%
La Chapelle-sur-Loire: FN: 40.88%, UG: 30.66%, UD: 28.47% Voted: 60.24%   

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil 
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil: FN: 37.02%, UD: 33.70%, UG: 29.28%  Voted: 62.04%


Pays de la Loire

Saumur and Saumur-Champigny
Saumur: UD: 43.16% UG: 33.37%, FN: 23.46% Voted: 55.42%
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye: UD: 47.57%, UG: 28.38%, FN: 24.05% Voted: 61.06%
Montsoreau: UD: 47.57%, UG: 28.38%, FN: 24.05% Voted: 61.06%
Turquant: UD: 41.11%, FN: 31.23%, UG: 27.67% Voted: 61.36%
Souzay-Champigny: UD: 44.92%, FN: 31.23%, UG: 27.67% Voted: 61.36%
Chacé: UD: 37.48%, FN: 32.43%, UG: 30.09% Voted: 61.54%
Varrains: UD: 45.41%, UG: 30.99%, FN: 23.60% Voted: 61.83%
Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg: UD: 36.94%, FN: 35.88%, UG: 27.18% Voted: 64.30%
Brèze: UD: 36.57%, UG: 32.23%, FN: 23.60% Voted: 61.83%
Le-Puy-Notre-Dame: UD: 38.77%, FN: 36.88%, UG: 24.35% Voted: 53.71%
Doué-la-Fontaine: UD: 45.96%, UG: 29.11%, FN: 28.93% Voted: 54.17%  

Anjou and the Pays Nantais to follow.  

France's Regional Elections: 2nd round in the Loire – Forez to Tours

Overall across France: Droite - UP (blue) : 40,24%

Gauche - PS or UG (purple) : 28,86%

FN : 27,10%(black) 

 (source: le ministère de l'Intérieur)

58.48% of electorate voted

From La Nouvelle République

It is fascinating to look at yesterday's election results across the Loire and, especially, regarding a selection of wine communes. 

It is no surprise that as France's longest river La Loire straddles four of France's 15 Regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val-de-Loire and Pays de la Loire. It could even be five if we include Bretagne. This time the spoils are equally divided with the Right winning Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Pays de la Loire and the Left taking Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Centre-Val-de-Loire.

It is difficult to find patterns here, except long-standing contrasts appear to be confirmed. Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire are clearly separated by more than the Loire. Sancerre is strongly right but with the National Front a distant third. In contrast Pouilly-sur-Loire and its adjacent communes are firmly National Front. 

Equally Vouvray and Montlouis, as so often, go their separate ways – Montlouis clearly Left with Vouvray clearly to the Right. 

      

Take the contrast between the communes of Quincy and Brinay – less than six kilometres apart. In Quincy the National Front occupies first place with left in third place. Up the road in Brinay the positions are reversed – Left leading and the National Front in third place.

Perhaps the differing voting patterns reflect the diversity of Loire wines!   

Selected communes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:

Côtes de Forez 

Boën-sur-Lignon: UD: 41.69%, UG: 35.38%, FN: 22.92% Voted: 61.54%

Côte Roannaise
Villemontais: UD: 43.72%, UG: 30.33%, FN: 25.94% Voted: 63.59%

Renaison: UD: 40.04%, UG: 32.83%, FN: 27.13% Voted: 61.79%

Roanne: UD: 54.31%, UG: 31.26%, FN: 14.43% Voted: 63.35%

Côtes d'Auvergne

Châteaugay: UG: 42.73%, UD: 39.34%, FN: 17.94% Voted: 61.05%

Saint-Pourçain

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule: UD: 44.57%, UG: 34.31%, FN: 21.13% Voted: 55.45% 

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté:

Pouilly-sur-Loire

Pouilly-sur-Loire: FN: 38.28%, UD:32.87%, UG: 28.85% Voted: 55.74%

Saint-Andelain: FN: 44.91%, UD:41.75%, UG: 13.33% Voted: 66.67% 

Tracy-sur-Loire: FN: 38.28%, UD:32.87%, UG: 28.85% Voted: 61.80%

Coteaux du Giennois 

Cosne-sur-Loire: FN: 33.96%, UG: 33.78%, UD:32.26% Voted: 55.74%         

Centre-Val-de-Loire:

Sancerre

Sancerre: UD: 53.57%, UG: 25.36%, FN: 21.08% Voted: 63.33% 

Bué: UD: 67.55%, FN: 21.81%, UG: 10.64% Voted: 68.68%   

Sury-en-Vaux: UD: 43.43%, FN: 31.65%, UG: 24.92% Voted: 59.70% 

Menetou-Salon

Morogues: UG: 63.86%, FN: 19.28%, UD: 16.87% Voted: 65.83%

Menetou-Salon: FN: 38.12%, UD: 32.17%, UG: 29.71% Voted: 63.43%  

Quincy

Quincy: FN: 42.14%, UD: 29.25%, UG: 28.62% Voted: 53.38%

Bourges: UG: 44.90%, UD: 33.33%, FN: 21.76% Voted: 50.83%

Brinay: UG: 40.68%, UD: 31.86%, FN: 27.46% Voted: 66.59%

Reuilly 

Reuilly: UG: 44.61%, UD: 28.22%, FN: 27.17% Voted: 64.78%

Vierzon: UG: 46.48%, FN: 32.09, UD: 21.43% Voted: 52.40%

Châteaumeillant
Châteaumeillant: UG: 37.77%, FN: 32.32%, UD: 29.91% Voted: 60.88%

Touraine 

Soings-en-Sologne: FN: 39.97%, UD: 36.45%, UG: 23.58% Voted: 63.75% 

Meusnes: FN: 41.47%, UD: 36.31%, UG: 22.22% Voted 63.57%
Mareuil-sur-Cher: FN: 35.65%, UG: 33.14%, UD: 31.21% Voted: 64.52% 

Pouillé: FN: 39.64%, UG: 32.48%, UD: 27.88% Voted: 67.10%

Thesée: UG: 35.40%, FN: 33.95%, UD: 30.64% Voted: 59.41%  

Montrichard: UD: 38.61%, UG: 32.50%, FN: 28.88% Voted: 63.22%  

Saint-Georges-sur-Cher: FN: 34.32%, UD: 34.14%, UG: 31.54% Voted: 64.57% 

Epeigné-les-Bois: UD: 36.14%, UG: 32.31%, FN: 31.28% Voted: 69.10%

Chenonceaux: UD: 47.20%, UG: 27.33%, FN: 31.28% Voted: 61.59%

Bléré: UG: 35.89%, UD: 21.43%UD: 21.43%UD: 34.18%, FN: 29.93% Voted: 64.66% 

Touraine-Mesland
Mesland: UG: 46.04%, UD: 30.58%, FN: 23.38% Voting: 69.79%  

Touraine-Amboise

Amboise: UG: 39.63%, UD: 36.51%, FN: 23.87% Voting: 59.46% 

Noble-Joué
Esvres: UG: 43.78%, UD: 31.89%, FN: 24.32% Voting: 63.02%  

Montlouis
Montlouis: UG: 49.00%, UD: 26.69%, , FN: 24.31% Voted: 58.61% 

Saint-Martin-le-Beau: UG: 41.99%, UD: 29.72%, FN: 28.29% Voted: 60.79% 

Vouvray

Vouvray: UD: 39.28%, UG: 36.94%, FN: 23.78% Voted: 63.81%

Tours: UG: 48.84%, UD: 32.59%, FN: 18.57% Voted: 54.30%  

     

Tours to the Pays Nantais will be a separate post