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The left found colors. The UDF is resistant to a single party. The extreme right was maintained at a high level. Two years after the shock of the April 21, 2002, the first round of the regional drew a new political landscape.

THE WINNERS

The PS. Two years after the shock of the April 21, 2002, when Lionel Jospin was eliminated in the first round of the presidential election with 16.2 of the votes cast, the PS is back. With its partners, it gets 40 of the votes cast and improves more than 3 points score of 1998. He hopes to win Sunday next between 6 and 8 regions, including the very symbolic Poitou-Charentes. His victory will be however total if he also manages to keep the Ile-de-France, coveted by the UMP.

The PCF. It was believed dead. He has managed to stop the erosion of its electorate, notably on the extreme left: autonomy in 8 regions strategy on 22 paid a beyond what was hoped the score for Robert Hue to the presidential election of 2002 (3.37). In Ile-de-France, the national party, Marie-George Buffet Secretary, saves development by collecting 7.2 of the vote. In the Nord - Pas-de-Calais and Picardie, Alain Bocquet and Maxime Gremetz cross the 10 mark. These two personalities were restive or downright hostile to the participation of the PC to the Jospin government.

The Greens. Their autonomy in 8 regions on 22 strategy has worked well. They got 10 in Rhône-Alpes, 6.3 in Nord - Pas-de-Calais, and 6.8 in Champagne-Ardenne. On the other hand, the union with the PS has also borne fruit. In the end, the supporters of autonomy, such as those of the alliance with the PS are strongly. Food, long months yet, internal debate.

THE SUPPORTED

The extreme right. 14.79 Of the vote, the national Front does not reiterates his score of the presidential (16.9), or even one of the regional (15,02), 1998. In Ile-de-France, the list led by Marine Le Pen lost 4 points in six years. However, the extreme right party confirms its rooting in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais, Paca and Picardie. He also managed to locate in the Catholic and rural areas in the West of the France (except Brittany), which remained until this waterproof. And it is able to hold on to the second round in 17 metropolitan areas on 22. In addition, all of the extreme right is increasing, 16,24 (against 15.14 in 1998).

THE UDF. In regions where it stood alone, the Party of François Bayrou gets on average 11.9, greatly improving the score of the last presidential election 2002 (7). But François Bayrou suffered a personal setback in arriving in third position in Aquitaine behind the UMP Xavier Darcos. In Ile-de-France, André Santini is far behind the UMP Jean-François Copé. Moreover, the only region currently held by the centrists, Rhône-Alpes, may switch on the left.

THE LOSERS

THE UMP. The party Chirac supporter moves back to 10 points from the 2002 elections. He risks losing, next Sunday, the Presidency of a good half-dozen of regional councils. Above all, he is unable to impose its hegemony on the right. The UDF, which is already demand a rebalancing.

The extreme left. She has not confirmed his good presidential score (about 10). The LO - LCR lists collect slightly less than 5 of the votes at the national level, without ever reaching necessary to remain in the second round of the 10 bar. With their unholy alliance, the two Trotskyist parties did not fall on the electorate of the PCF.