Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes explained

The Rhône-Alpes Regional Council was the Conseil régional of the former Rhône-Alpes region of France until its abolition on 1 January 2016 to form the new Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It was chaired by Jean-Jack Queyranne . It included 157 members.

The Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes was replaced by the new Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes of the newly formed Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on 1 January 2016 following the 2015 regional elections.

Seats

By party

Party seats
47
24
20
18
15
11
7
5
5
4
New Anticapitalist Party former PCF councillor1

Elections

2004

CandidatePartyVotes (Round One)% (Round One)Votes (Round Two)% (Round Two)
 Jean-Jack QueyrannePS-PRG-PCF688,71832.19%1,083,75546.52%
 Anne-Marie CompariniUDF-UMP-CAP21-FRS667,85631.22%889,81538.20%
 Bruno GollnischFN389,56518.21%355,86415.28%
 Gérard LerasVerts215,78310.09%--
 Patrick BertrandGRAD-Union of Radical Republicans (U2R)46,6112.18%--
 Norbert ChetailMNR35,3101.65%--
 Roseline VachettaLO/LCR95,5244.47%--
Total2,139,367100.00%2,329,434100.00%

Past Regional Councils

1998

Party seats
35
31
29
29
12
9
Miscellaneous Left 6
2
Miscellaneous Right 1
1
1
1
1

1992

Party seats
63
29
29
12
11
10
2
1

1986

Party seats
76
48
14
13

Past Presidents