2026 French municipal elections

The 2026 French municipal elections were held on 15 and 22 March 2026 to elect the municipal councils of the approximately 35,000 communes in France.

Background

During the last municipal election in 2020, which was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the highest abstention rate for local elections in French history, the left reversed the trend of 2014. They narrowed the vote gap with the right by flipping cities such as Annecy, Bordeaux, Marseille, and Saint-Paul. Nevertheless, the right managed to reclaim several cities from the left, including Metz. The National Rally strengthened its local presence, winning the city of Perpignan while holding all the municipalities it controlled.

The 2022 French presidential election and legislative election saw the power of President of France Emmanuel Macron and his presidential majority weakened by the rise of both the far-right and the left. Concurrently, The Republicans were further diminished, resulting in their smallest parliamentary group since the start of the Fifth Republic.

In the European Parliament election of June 9, 2024, the National Rally saw its support soar, while the presidential majority list lost nearly half it seats. The left entered the election divided, despite having previously united in 2022 under NUPES. The joint list of the Socialist Party and Place Publique, as well as La France Insoumise, gained seats, while the French Communist Party again failed to secure representation, and The Ecologists plummeted from 13 seats to just five.

On the evening of the results of the European election, Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly. New legislative elections were held on June 30 and July 7, 2024, further upending an already disrupted political landscape. The left reunited and formed the New Popular Front in just a few hours. The Republicans faced an unprecedented crisis when their president, Éric Ciotti, formed an alliance with the National Rally. Though the centrists, headed by Renaissance, struggled with the president's decision to dissolve parliament, they maintained their Ensemble pour la République coalition.

Between the second round of voting, faced with the surge of the far-right, the left called for a "Republican Front", which most qualifying candidates joined. The final results saw the left-wing alliance NFP win a narrow plurality of 193 deputies. The National Rally became the largest single-party group in the National Assembly with 125 deputies, while Éric Ciotti formed his own group with 18 candidates. The center suffered a major collapse, losing one-thirds of its representatives.

Many mayors have resigned since 2020.

Campaign The race in Paris was considered to be important for the 2027 French presidential election, in a fierce battle between the left and right. The election in Nice was also competitive between centre-right and far-right. Overall, the left was successful in cities such as Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, while the right was successful in cities including Nice and Toulouse.

Results 26,182,365 valid votes were cast in the first round, and 9,391,407 valid votes were cast in the second round.

Overview + National results by political affiliation of the lists for the municipal elections of March 2026 in municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants and more, and in all municipalities that are the chief towns of arrondissements Lists First round Second round Total seats Total cities won Votes % Seats Cities won Votes % Seats Cities won Number % +/- Number % Miscellaneous right DVD 25,47 832 22,94 286 31,96 +2,312 34,06 Miscellaneous left DVG 15,33 438 15,45 161 18,66 -3,446 599 18,25 Miscellaneous centre DVC 12,36 398 10,76 152 16,00 +3,601 550 16,76 Union of the Left UG 12,32 82 18,81 60 5,59 +1,514 142 4,33 Miscellaneous DIV 9,42 393 6,07 160 16,00 +3,079 553 16,85 National Rally RN 5,54 16 6,90 26 2,33 +1,568 42 1,28 La France Insoumise FI 3,87 216 1 2,94 377 6 593 0,58 +547 7 0,21 The Republicans LR 3,31 61 2,56 971 31 2,80 -2,292 92 2,80 Union of the Right UD 3,05 594 18 6,18 479 11 1,04 -294 29 0,88 Union of the Centre UC 2,06 538 17 2,35 421 10 959 0,93 +355 27 0,82 Union of the Far-Right UXD 1,44 118 1 2,02 407 10 525 0,51 New 11 0,34 Socialist Party PS 1,35 35 0,88 239 6 1,23 -1,307 41 1,25 Far right EXD 1,04 205 5 0,35 90 1 295 0,29 +144 6 0,18 Far left EXG 0,89 59 0 0,16 13 0 72 0,07 +41 0 0,00 Regionalist REG 0,62 275 9 0,71 254 7 529 0,51 +10 16 0,49 French Communist Party COM 0,39 469 18 0,11 56 1 525 0,51 -901 19 0,58 Union of Democrats and Independents UDI 0,38 281 9 0,21 72 2 353 0,34 -566 11 0,34 The Ecologists VEC 0,36 35 1 0,16 73 2 108 0,11 -407 3 0,09 Various environmentalists ECO 0,33 178 5 0,23 126 4 304 0,30 -552 9 0,27 Union of the Right for the Republic UDR 0,15 48 1 0,18 51 1 99 0,10 New 2 0,06 Reconquête REC 0,11 6 0 6 0,01 New 0 0,00 Horizons HOR 0,08 29 1 0,04 2 0 31 0,03 New 1 0,03 Right-wing sovereignists DSV 0,06 38 1 38 0,04 New 1 0,03 Democratic Movement MoDem 0,04 51 2 51 0,05 -52 2 0,06 Renaissance RE 0,03 28 1 28 0,03 -596 1 0,03 Total 100 100 937 100 +3,292 100

Elected mayors of large municipalities Commune Department 2020 elected mayor Party 2026 elected mayor Party Agen Lot-et-Garonne Jean Dionis du Séjour MoDem Laurent Bruneau PS Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône LR UDI Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud DVD HOR Albi Tarn Stéphanie Guiraud-Chaumeil HOR Stéphanie Guiraud-Chaumeil HOR Alençon Orne Joaquim Pueyo DVG Sophie Douvry DVD Amiens Somme UDI PS Angers Maine-et-Loire DVD HOR Angoulême Charente Xavier Bonnefont HOR Xavier Bonnefont HOR Annecy Haute-Savoie ECO RE Annonay Ardèche Simon Plenet PS Simon Plenet PS Argenteuil Val-d'Oise LR LR Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine LR LR Auch Gers Christian Laprebende PS Camille Bonne PS Aulnay-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis LR LR Aurillac Cantal Pierre Mathonier PS Patrick Casagrande DVD Auxerre Yonne Crescent Marault HOR Mathieu Debain DVC Avignon Vaucluse PS DVD Beauvais Oise Franck Pia UDI Franck Pia UDI Belfort Territoire de Belfort LR LR Besançon Doubs EELV LR Béziers Hérault DVD DVD Blois Loir-et-CherMarc Gricourt PS Marc Gricourt PS Bordeaux Gironde EELV RE Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine LR LR Bourges Cher Yann Galut DVG Yann Galut DVG Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Jean-François Debat PS Jean-François Debat PS Brest Finistère PS Stéphane Roudaut DVD Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze Frédéric Soulier LR Frédéric Soulier LR Caen Calvados LR DVD Calais Pas-de-Calais LR LR Cannes Alpes-Maritimes LR LR Cayenne French Guiana DVG DVG Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire DVD DVD Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne SL SL Charleville-Mézières Ardennes Boris Ravignon DVD Boris Ravignon DVD Chartres Eure-et-Loir Jean-Pierre Gorges DVD Ladislas Vergne DVD Châteauroux Indre Gil Avérous LR Gil Avérous LR Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Manche PS Camille Margueritte DVD Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme PS LR Cognin Savoie Franck Morat PS Franck Morat PS Colombes Hauts-de-Seine EELV LR Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne Bruno Piriou DVG Samira Ketfi LR Courbevoie Hauts-de-Seine LR LR Créteil Val-de-Marne PS PS Dijon Côte-d'Or PS PS Dole Jura Jean-Baptiste Gagnoux LRJean-Baptiste Gagnoux LR Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis UDI UDI Dunkerque Nord DVG DVG Evreux Eure Guy Lefrand DVD Guy Lefrand DVD Epinal Vosges Patrick Nardin DVD Benoit Jourdain LR Faaa French Polynesia Oscar Temaru Tavini Oscar Temaru Tavini Fort-de-France Martinique PPM PPM Gap Hautes-Alpes Roger Didier DVD Roger Didier DVD Grenoble Isère EELV DVG Guéret Creuse Marie-Françoise Fournier ECO Marie-Françoise Fournier ECO La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée Luc Bouard HOR Romain Bossis DVG La Rochelle Charente-Maritime DVG DVG Laval Mayenne Florian Bercault DVG Florian Bercault DVG Le Havre Seine-Maritime DVD HOR Le Mans Sarthe PS PS Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire Michel Chapuis UDI Michel Chapuis UDI Les Abymes Guadeloupe Éric Jalton DVG Éric Jalton DVG Lille Nord PS PS Limoges Haute-Vienne LR LR Lorient Morbihan UDI UDI Lyon Lyon Metropolis EELV EELV Mamoudzou Mayotte LR LR Manosque Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Camille Galtier DVD Camille Galtier DVD Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône Michèle Rubirola EELV Benoît Payan DVG Meaux Seine-et-Marne Jean-François Copé LR Jean-François Copé LR Mende Lozère Régine Bourgade MoDem Patrice Saint-Léger LR Mérignac Gironde PS PS Metz Moselle LR SL Mont-de-Marsan Landes DVD UG Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne UDR UDR Montluçon AllierFrédéric Laporte LR Philippe Perche DVD Montpellier Hérault PS PS Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis PCF PCF Mulhouse Haut-Rhin LR DVC Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle PS PS Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine DVG DVG Nantes Loire-Atlantique PS PS Narbonne Aude Bertrand Malquier DVD Bertrand Malquier DVD Nevers Nièvre Denis Thuriot LREM Denis Thuriot RE Nice Alpes-Maritimes LR UDR Nîmes Gard LR PCF Niort Deux-Sèvres Jérôme Baloge PRV Jérôme Baloge PRV Nouméa New Caledonia LREM RE Orléans Loiret LR DVD Paris Paris PS PS Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques MoDem PS Périgueux Dordogne Emeric Lavitola PS Michel Cadet HOR Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales RN RN Poitiers Vienne EELV DVC Reims Marne LR HOR Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine PS PS Roubaix Nord DVD LFI Rouen Seine-Maritime PS PS Rueil-Malmaison Hauts-de-Seine LR LR Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor Hervé Guihard PP Victor Bonnot HOR Saint-Denis Réunion PS PS Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis PS LFI Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne Quentin Brière LR Quentin Brière LR Saint-Étienne Loire LR PS Pamiers Ariège Frédérique Thiennot DVC Jean-Philippe Sannac DVD Rodez Aveyron Christian Teyssèdre DVC Stéphane Mazars RE Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique PS PS Saint-Pierre Saint Pierre and Miquelon CSA CSA Saint-Paul Réunion PLR PLR Saint-Pierre Réunion LR LR Saint-Quentin Aisne Frédérique Macarez LRFrédérique Macarez LR Strasbourg Bas-Rhin EELV PS Toulon Var LR DVD Toulouse Haute-Garonne LR LFA Tourcoing Nord LREM DVD Tours Indre-et-Loire EELV EELV Troyes Aube François Baroin LR François Baroin LR Valence Drôme Nicolas Daragon LR Nicolas Daragon LR Verdun Meuse Samuel Hazard PS Samuel Hazard PS Versailles Yvelines DVD DVD Vesoul Haute-Saône Agir HOR Vichy Allier Frédéric Aguilera LR Frédéric Aguilera LR Villeurbanne Lyon Metropolis PS PS Vitry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne PCF PCF

By city

2026 Lyon municipal election 2026 Nancy municipal election 2026 Nice municipal election 2026 Paris municipal election 2026 Toulouse municipal election 2026 Marseille municipal election

See also Municipal elections in France 2026 French Senate election

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