Alsace Regional Council

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History Alemanni Germania Superior Alamannia Duchy of Alsace Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg Landgraviate of Alsace Lower Alsace Upper Alsace Décapole Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine Gau Baden-Elsaß Alsace Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Culture Coat of arms Flag Anthem People Language Demographics Musée alsacien
Religion Concordat in Alsace-Moselle (1801): (including Lorraine) Roman Catholicism: (Immediately subject to the Holy See) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Lorraine: Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz) Lutheranism: Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine Calvinism: Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Jewish consistories: Strasbourg Colmar (Lorraine: Metz)
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Administrative divisions Capital: Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (Unterelsaß) Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein Arrondissement of Strasbourg Haut-Rhin (Oberelsaß) Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
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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-)

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