Alsace Regional Council

Headquarters of the Alsace Regional Council, completed in 2005

The Alsace Regional Council is the Conseil régional of Alsace (France). It is chaired by Philippe Richert. It includes 47 members.

Seats

By Department

• 27 councillors for Bas-Rhin
• 20 councillors for Haut-Rhin

By party

Party		seats
•	Union for a Popular Movement	18
	Socialist Party	8
	National Front	8
•	Union for French Democracy	7
	The Greens	4
•	Miscellaneous Right	2

Elections

2004

	Candidate	Party	Votes (Round One)	% (Round One)	Votes (Round Two)	% (Round Two)
	Adrien Zeller (incumbent)	UMP	225,193	34.06%	299,353	43.56%
	Jacques Bigot	PS-Verts	133,038	20.12%	236,709	34.44%
	Patrick Binder	FN	122,860	18.58%	151,187	22.00%
	Robert Spieler	Alsace d'abord	62,253	9.42%	-	-
	Antoine Waechter	MEI	48.949	7.40%	-	-
	Alfred Wahl	PCF-PRG-MRC	24,692	3.73%	-	-
	Patrick Merck	Divers	23,540	3.56%	-	-
	Françoise Ruch	LCR/LO	20,004	3.03%	-	-
	Pascale Grauss	Federalist Party	578	0.09%	-	-
	Total		661,107	100,00%	687,249	100,00%

Past Regional Councils

1998

Party		seats
	National Front	13
•	Union for French Democracy	9
	Socialist Party	8
•	Rally for the Republic	7
•	Miscellaneous Right	3
	Alsace d'Abord	3
	Women of Alsace	2
	Independent Ecological Movement	1
	The Greens	1

1992

Party		seats
•	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	20
	National Front	9
	The Greens	6
	Socialist Party	6
	Alsace d'Abord	2
	Women of Alsace	1
	Ecology Generation	3

1986

Party		seats
•	Rally for the Republic-Union for French Democracy	27
	Socialist Party	11
	National Front	7
	The Greens	2

Past Presidents

• André Bord (1974-1976)
• Pierre Schiélé (1976-1980)
• Marcel Rudloff (1980-1996)
• Adrien Zeller (1996-2009)
• André Reichardt (2009-2010)
• Philippe Richert (2010-)