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2014 Paris municipal election

2014 Paris municipal election

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The 2014 Paris Municipal elections took place on 23 and 30 March 2014, at the same time as other French municipal elections.

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Anne Hidalgo of the Socialist Party was elected mayor of Paris, becoming the first woman to hold that position.[1] She had been the city's deputy mayor.

Hidalgo won with around 55% of the vote in the second round. Her principal opponent was Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet of the UMP who had finished ahead of Hidalgo in first round of voting on 23 March.[2] Opinion polls had already predicted, however, that Hidalgo would win in the second round runoff on March 30.[3]

The outgoing mayor was the Socialists' Bertrand Delanoë, who did not run for a third term.

Control of Paris' twenty arrondissements was also decided in the elections. Ten were won by the Socialist Party, nine by the UMP and one by EELV.

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References

  1. [1]
    "French municipal elections - Socialists struggle, conservatives and far right make gains". Deutsche Welle, 23 March 2014.
  2. [2]
    "NKM and Hidalgo set up all-female runoff for Paris mayor". RFI, 23 March 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Socialist Anne Hidalgo expected to become first female mayor of Paris". The Guardian, 21 March 2014.
  4. [4]
    Résultats sur le site du ministère de l'Intérieur
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