The Front National already has 8 departmental councilors elected in France, including 2 in Picardy. The binomial (unknown until then) Marie-Christine Gilliot et Noel Lecoutre emerged victorious from the duel with the left in the canton of Vic-sur-Aisne with almost 54% of the votes.
See the report by Rémi Vivenot and Eric Henry:
In Villers-Côtterêts (02), with Marie-Christine Gilliot (FN departmental councilor (elected) for the canton of Vic-sur-Aisne with Noël Lecoultre)