In metropolis, the majority arrived at the top in all electoral districts.
Ile-de-France: rout of PS

The PS has suffered a crushing defeat in the capital region and a disaster in Paris. 13,57 Of the vote, the list led by Harlem Désir, a lieutenant of Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of the capital, has recorded the worst score of all the Socialist lists. The PS retained only 2 seats on 5. Benoît Hamon, the spokesman of the party, was not re-elected. The UMP list, led by Michel Barnier tandem - Rachida Dati, came largely in head with 29,60 (5 seats). Here more than elsewhere, the victory of the Europe Ecologie list, by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Eva Joly, was glowing with 20.86 of the vote and 4 seats, taking advantage of the support of the electorate bobo. In Paris, the ecologist list came in head in 13 districts 20 (with an average of 27,46). The Modem retains a seat on two of Marielle de Sarnez. If you voted more in this region (57,93 abstention), parties have been able to mobilize the working classes, with the rate of abstention from 67 in Seine-Saint-Denis and 61,94 in the Val-. The left Front (6,32) received 1 seat.
East: top UMP hand
Under the leadership of Joseph Daul, outgoing Chairman of the group EPP in the European Parliament, the UMP won top hand with 29,30 of the vote and 4 elected. The PS, taken by the former Mayor of Strasbourg, Catherine Trautmann, has emerged a little less badly than at the national level: 16.89 of the vote and 2 deputies, he surpassed clearly list Europe ecology (14,52 of the vote and 1 seat). But Aurélie Filippetti, third on the list, was not elected. The Modem is ranked fourth (9.43). Jean-François Kahn, head of list, announced that he transfer the single seat won by the centrist party's number two, outgoing MEP, Nathalie Griesbeck, as it was committed. The top of the list of the FN, Bruno Gollnisch, was elected. But his score (7.66) in the East is lower than that of Marine Le Pen in Northwestern (10.18). Which could play in the battle for the estate of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Northwest: good score for Marine Le Pen
In this bastion, the PS was far outpaced by the UMP, with 18,09 of the vote against 24,22 and 2 elected against 4. Only consolation, it has widely preceded Europe ecology (12.10 and 1 seat) and won at Lille, city of its first Secretary, Martine Aubry. The national Front has made in this district very affected by the crisis his best score, with 10.18 and 1 elected, Marine Le Pen. The daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen is also come very largely Hénin-Beaumont (28 of the votes), where it comes to municipal elections in three weeks. Other elected officials: former Minister Corinne Lepage for the Modem (8.67) and the Communist Ostpolitik of Calais Jacky Hénin to the left Front (6.84).
Southwest: a mandate for José Bové
In that other bastion, the PS won that 2 seats-4 five years ago, with 17.71 of the vote. The UMP, led by the former Mayor of Toulouse, Dominique Baudis, return policy, it doubled its number of members, from 2 to 4, with 26.89 of the vote. Pillar of the European Parliament, in third position, Alain Lamassoure is re-elected. José Bové, head of the list Europe ecology (15.2), WINS his first elected term. The Front of the left, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, conducted in this riding its best score (8.15) and made nearly equal game with the Modem (8.60). Elected, the former governing Socialist will abandon his term as Senator to sit in Strasbourg.
West: Philippe de Villiers saves his head
Become a real land of mission for the UMP, this district has dramatically swung to the right. The presidential party has largely lagged the PS (17.28 and 3 27,15 elected to 2). Usually in a dominant position in the West, the Socialists have exceeded that of a short head, Europe ecology, led by the former leader of Greenpeace France, Yannick Jadot (16,64). The ecologist list even came in head in Rennes, before the UMP with 27.41 of the vote and has been playing with the presidential party far ahead of the PS in Nantes (25,54), the fief of Jean-Marc Ayrault. Taking advantage of a good local base, Philippe de Villiers is re-elected. It will be the only Libertas elected to Strasbourg. Consolation prize: 10,27 of the vote, it exceeds the Modem (8.48).
Centre: Brice Hortefeux elected surprise
The election was marked by the unexpected election of the Minister of Social Affairs, Brice Hortefeux, third on the list (see page 4) UMP. The party presidential does comptait on 2 seats. He has obtained 3 with his score of 28,56. The PS has limited the damage (18) but has more than 1 elected, Henri Weber, MEP outgoing Northwest parachuted this year in the Centre against the opinion of Socialist militants. Europe ecology has also won 1 seat (13.33) to Jean-Paul Besset, ex-porte-parole of the Fondation Nicolas Hulot.
Southeast: second environmentalists
With a very meager score of 14,49, the Socialist list headed by the ex-lieutenant of Ségolène Royal, Vincent Peillon, MEP from the Northwest, suffered a major setback. The PS lost 2 seats for the benefit of the UMP (29,34), which won 5. And it has especially been doubled by Europe ecology (18,27 and 3 officials), led by the former Socialist related MP Michèle Rivasi. The left Front (5.9) received 1 seat. He almost made playing with the Modem (7,37), led by Jean-Luc Bennahmias, re-elected. Another loser, the FN (8.46) dropped 1 seat to not get that 1 only for its President, Jean-Marie Le Pen, eighty-one years, Dean of the European Parliament.