2020 French municipal elections
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The 2020 French municipal elections were held from 15 March to 28 June to renew the municipal councils of the approximately 35,000 French communes. The first round took place on 15 March and the second round was postponed to 28 June[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Electoral system

Municipal elections in France result in the renewal of the members of municipal councils in every commune, and are held every 6 years. With the exception of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, the electoral subdivision is the commune itself. In Paris, separate elections are held for each arrondissement, as is the case in Lyon, where elections are also held by arrondissement; in Marseille, elections are held within sectors containing two arrondissements each.[3]

Election is open to European citizens living in the country, but since 2020, 800 English/British people have lost their electoral capacities due to Brexit.[4]

The number of municipal councillors within each commune is dependent upon its population, from a minimum of 7 for communes with a population less than 100 to 69 for those with a population of 300,000 or more (with the exception of the three largest cities). The electoral system within each commune is also dependent on its population.[3]

In communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, two-round majority-at-large voting with panachage is used, with candidates elected in the first round should they receive an absolute majority of votes cast and at least a quarter of the number of individuals registered on the electoral rolls. The remaining seats are filled in the second round, in which only a plurality of votes is required to be elected. The requirement for gender parity is also void in these smaller communes.[5]

In communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants, electoral lists contest a two-round proportional representation system with a majority bonus. Should a list receive an absolute majority of votes cast in the first round, it will receive half of all seats and the rest of the seats will be distributed proportionally among electoral lists with at least 5% of votes using the D'Hondt method. If a second round is necessitated, only lists which received at least 10% of valid votes in the first round proceed, and may merge with other lists which received at least 5% of votes cast in the first round. Seats are then allocated using the same method as the first round, guaranteeing a majority for the list with a relative majority of votes.[6]

In the three largest cities, the election of municipal councils and arrondissement councils takes place simultaneously, and follow the same electoral method as that for communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants within each electoral division (whether arrondissement or sector). Mayors are elected in a two-round secret ballot requiring an absolute majority, and otherwise with a plurality of votes from municipal councillors if a third round is required.[3]

The election of councillors to intercommunal structures also takes place concurrently with the municipal elections; in communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, they are chosen "in the order of the table" (mayors, deputy mayors, and councillors), while in larger communes, they are elected simultaneously.[5][6]

The number of municipal councillors elected in each commune is determined as a function of its population, ranging from 7 to 69 in all communes except for the three largest cities.[7]

Population <100 <500 <1,500 <2,500 <3,500 <5,000 <10,000 <20,000 <30,000 <40,000 <50,000
Municipal councillors 7 11 15 19 23 27 29 33 35 39 43
Population <60,000 <80,000 <100,000 <150,000 <200,000 <250,000 <300,000 >300,000 Lyon Marseille Paris
Municipal councillors 45 49 53 55 59 61 65 69 73 101 163

Opinion polls

National

The Harris Interactive poll was based on communes with a population of at least 10,000.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. LO NPA PCF FI G.s PS EELV DVG LREM MoDem UDI LR DVD DLF RN LP DIV
Odoxa[8] 22–23 January 2020 1,002 25% – – – 7% – 11% 13.5% – 18% – – 13.5% – – 14% – 19%
Harris Interactive 22 May–7 Jun 2018 1,674 – 2% 9% 2% 19% 27% 5% 18% 5% 13% <0.5% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 36.45% 0.60% 3.13% – 18.01% 1.16% 15.88% – 0.97% 2.33% 18.51% 24.57% (DVD) 4.76% – 10.09%

By commune

Bordeaux

The April 2018 and May 2019 Ifop polls were commissioned by Esprit Bordeaux, an association founded by supporters of Alain Juppé, later backing Nicolas Florian.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Prud'homme
LFI 		Darchy
LFI 		Rouveyre
PS 		Hurmic
EELV 		Feltesse
DVG 		Cazenave
LREM 		Fabre
LREM 		Florian
LR 		Juppé
DVD 		Jay
RN 		Colombier
RN 		Others
Ifop 9–13 May 2019 600 13% – 7% 14% 8% 8% – 45% – 5% – <0.5%
Ifop 20–28 Apr 2018 800 – 10% 10% 9% 9% – 9% – 51% – 2% –
– 10% 11% 9% 9% – 56% (Juppé) – 5% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 4.59% 22.58% (Feltesse) – – – 60.94% – 6.06% 5.81%

Lille

First round

The March 2019 OpinionWay poll was sponsored by The Republicans, while La République En Marche! commissioned the BVA poll conducted in October 2018, which did not specify a specific LR candidate.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		EXG Bocquet
PCF 		Quatennens
LFI 		Aubry
PS 		Baly
EELV 		Spillebout
LREM 		Petit
LREM 		Darmanin
LREM 		Castelain
DVD 		Daubresse
LR 		Cattelin-DenuRN Others
OpinionWay Mar 2019 836 – – 14% 22% – 5% 11% – – 18% – –
BVA 15–20 Oct 2018 699 <0.5% 3% 10% 15% 16% – – 17% 7% 14% 17% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 6.12% 6.16% 34.85% 11.08% – – – – 22.73% 17.15% 1.87%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Quatennens
LFI 		Aubry
PS 		Darmanin
LREM 		Daubresse
LR 		Cattelin-Denu
RN
BVA 15–20 Oct 2018 699 – 41% 37% – 22%
14% 26% 38% – 22%
2014 election 30 Mar 2014 – – 52.05% – 29.71% 18.22%

Lyon

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Perrin-Gilbert
LFI 		Doucet
EELV 		Runel
PS 		Collomb
LREM 		Képénékian
LREM 		Kimelfeld
LREM 		Blanc
LR 		Marion
RN
Ifop-Fiducial 28 Sep–3 Oct 2018 802 14% 16% 10% 31% – – 18% 11%
14% 17% 11% – 28% – 19% 11%
15% 17% 11% – – 27% 19% 11%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 7.56% 8.90% 35.76% (Collomb) – – 30.49% 12.19%

Marseille

The February 2019 Ifop poll was commissioned by Génération engagement, the financing association of Bruno Gilles, the PollingVox polls by l'Association des Amis de Martine Vassal (with Bruno Gilles as a miscellaneous right candidate in June 2019), and the February 2018 Ifop poll by Cap sur l'avenir 13, the micro-party of Renaud Muselier.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Coppola
PCF 		Camard
LFI 		Mélenchon
LFI 		Payan
PS 		Ghali
PS 		Ahamada
LREM 		Castaner
LREM 		Muselier
LR 		Boyer
LR 		Vassal
LR 		Gilles
DVD 		Ravier
RN 		Others
PollingVox 11–15 Jun 2019 1,003 4% 14% – – 13% 9% – – – 29% 10% 21% –
5% 14% – – 16% 39% (Vassal) 26% –
Ifop 20–23 Feb 2019 803 4% 12% – – 19% 15% – – – – 27% 21% 2%
Elabe 6–12 Sep 2018 1,001 3.5% – 19% – 16% – 17.5% 27.5% – – – 16.5% –
3.5% – 19% – 14.5% – 14% – – 34% – 15% –
PollingVox 14–18 Jun 2018 1,004 3% – 21% – 14% – 17% – – 25% – 20% –
Ifop 2–5 Feb 2018 700 2% – 21% – 14% – 20% 26% – – – 17% –
2% – 21% – 13% – 22% – 24% – – 18% –
2% – 22% – 13% – 20% – – 24% – 19% –
4% – 22% 10% 44% (Muselier) – – – 20% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 7.10% (Coppola) 20.77% (Mennucci) – – 37.64% (Gaudin) 23.16% 11.33%

Marseille's 5th sector

The May 2019 BVA poll was commissioned by Les amis de Lionel Royer-Perreaut, the micro-party of its namesake.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Cavagnera
LFI 		Pigamo
PS 		Agresti
LREM 		Royer-Perreaut
LR 		Bez
RN 		Others
BVA 13–22 May 2019 741 9% 18% 11% 41% 21% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 6.07% 15.28% – 45.77% 25.55% 7.31%

Montpellier

The March 2018 Ifop poll was commissioned by Mohed Altrad.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		EXG Ressiguier
LFI 		Doulain
LFI 		Ollier
ECO 		Delafosse
PS 		Saurel
DVG 		Vignal LREM Altrad
DIV 		Gaillard
DIV 		Larue
LR 		Francis
UDI 		Jamet
RN 		Rokvam
RN 		Others
Harris Interactive 7–11 Jan 2020 616 <0.5% - 10% 19% 10% 18% 7% 10% 5% 6% - - 10% 5%
Ifop 27–31 Mar 2018 662 2% 17% - - 12% 32% (Saurel) 15% - 8% 3% 11% - <0.5%
2% 16% - - 12% 29% 20% (Altrad) - 6% 4% 11% - <0.5%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 3.18% 7.56% - - 22.93% 25.27% – – - 22.71% 4.52% 13.80% - –

Mulhouse

The September 2018 OpinionWay poll was paid for by the city of Mulhouse and the outgoing majority led by Michèle Lutz.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Wostyn
LO 		Minery
EELV 		Schweitzer
PS 		Million
LREM 		Lutz
LR 		Ritz
RN
OpinionWay 24 Sep–1 Oct 2018 1,003 4% 17% 12% 10% 44% 13%
5% 18% 12% 50% (Lutz–Rottner) 15%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 1.53% 3.05% 31.39% – 42.16% 21.85%

Nancy

The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).

First round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Nimsgern
LO 		Jouira
LFI 		Klein
PS 		Maguin
EELV 		Hénart
MR 		Morano
LR 		Hervé
DVD 		Eury
RN 		Others
Ifop 13–15 Jun 2019 603 0.5% 8% 25% 20% 28% 8% 2% 8% 0.5%
<0.5% 8% 24% 20% 36% (Hénart) 3% 9% <0.5%
0.5% 8% 41% (Klein) 37% 3% 10% 0.5%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Klein
PS 		Hénart
MR
Ifop 13–15 Jun 2019 603 53% 47%

Nanterre

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Eisenberg
NPA 		Morain
FI 		Jarry
PCF 		Coulondre
LREM 		Bedin
LR 		Others
Harris Interactive 18–23 Jan 2019 615 3% 7% 54% 12% 24% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 2.77% 53.84% – 39.65% 3.73%

Nantes

The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).

First round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Croupy
LFI 		Rolland
PS 		Laernoes
EELV 		Errante
LREM 		Garnier
LR 		Bouchet
RN 		Others
Ifop 14–17 Jun 2019 703 6% 33% 23% 14% 15% 8% 1%
8% 51% (Rolland) 15% 17% 8% 1%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Rolland
PS 		Errante
LREM
Ifop 14–17 Jun 2019 703 68% 32%

Nice

First round

The Ifop poll conducted in December 2017 tested a "miscellaneous right and centre of the municipal majority" list led by Christian Estrosi in the event that Éric Ciotti headed a list representing The Republicans (LR) as well as considering Robert Injey as heading a list for La France Insoumise, and was commissioned by Les Amis de Christian Estrosi.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. Injey
PCF 		Damiano
LFI 		Allemand
PS–EELV 		Roussel
LREM 		Estrosi
LR 		Ciotti
LR 		Kandel
CNIP 		Vardon
RN 		Arnautu
RN 		Others
Ifop 3–5 Apr 2019 602 – 2% 6% 17% 6% – – 51% – – 17% – 1%
2% 4% 15% 5% – 35% – 27% – 12% – <0.5%
2% 4% 16% – – 37% – 29% – 11% – 1%
2% 8% 18% 13% – – – 44% – 14% – 1%
2% 6% 15% 6% – – 47% – 6% 17% – 1%
Elabe 18–23 Mar 2019 709 39% 2.5% 4.5% 15% 7% – 28% – 27% – 16% – –
2% 4.5% 15.5% 6% – 26.5% – 27.5% 3.5% 14.5% – –
2% 4.5% 16.5% – 32% – – 29% – 16% – –
2% 4.5% 16% – 31% – – 27% 3% 16.5% – –
Ifop 4–6 Dec 2017 604 – – 8% 10% 15% – – 47% – – – 17% 3%
– 8% 10% 12% – 37% – 20% – – 12% 1%
– 9% 11% – – 40% – 26% – – 12% 2%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 45.82% 5.38% (Injey) 15.25% – – – 44.98% – 10.12% 4.43% 15.59% 4.22%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. Allemand
PS 		Estrosi
LR 		Ciotti
LR 		Kandel
CNIP 		Vardon
RN
Ifop 3–5 Apr 2019 602 – 19% 39% – 30% – 12%
24% – 57% – – 19%
2014 election 30 Mar 2014 – 46.60% 17.84% – 48.61% – 12.42% 21.10%

Nîmes

First round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Voinchet
LFI 		Bouger
PCF 		Cadène
PS 		Bouad
PS 		Tebib
LREM 		Lachaud
LC 		Fournier
LR 		Gillet
RN 		Others
OpinionWay 28 Mar–1 Apr 2019 502 10% 11% 10% – 8% 18% 24% 19% –
12% 16% (Bouad) 26% (Lachaud) 27% 19% –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 12.04% 14.73% (Dumas) – – 37.18% 21.77% 14.27%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Bouget
PCF 		Bouad
PS 		Tebib
LREM 		Lachaud
LC 		Fournier
LR 		Gillet
RN
OpinionWay 28 Mar–1 Apr 2019 502 28% – 12% – 39% 21%
– 34% – 38% – 28%
2014 election 30 Mar 2014 – 14.83% 13.94% – – 46.80% 24.41%

Paris

The March 2019 Ifop poll did not name a specific EELV candidate. The January 2019 Viavoice poll was conducted for La République En Marche!, and did not test any potential candidates other than Benjamin Griveaux. The September 2018 Ifop poll scenario including Cédric Villani was commissioned by CFHJ, owned by a friend of Villani, and the June 2019 Ifop poll was also conducted on behalf of Villani.

First round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. EXG Simonnet|
LFI 		Gantzer
PP 		Hidalgo
PS 		Belliard
EELV 		Bayou
EELV 		Griveaux
LREM 		Villani
DVC 		Mahjoubi
LREM 		Renson
LREM 		Dati
LR 		Berthout
LR 		Bournazel
Agir 		Federbusch
Aimer Paris 		Saint-Just
RN 		Marcel Campion
DIV 		Others
Ifop 20–27 Jun 2019 951 – 1% 5% 2% 24% 14% – 27% – – – 16% – 5% 5% – <0.5% 1%
1% 6% 1.5% 23% 15% – – 26% – – 15% – 6% 5% – 0.5% 1%
BVA Archived 2019-06-21 at the Wayback Machine 6–11 Jun 2019 1,294 – 1.5% 5% 3% 21% 13% – 25% – – – 15% – 5% 5% – 1% 5.5%
1.5% 5% 3% 21% 13% – – 25% – – 15% – 5% 5% – 1% 5.5%
1.5% 5% 3% 21% 13% – – – 22% – 16% – 6% 5% – 1% 6.5%
Elabe 28–31 Mar 2019 999 51% 1% 8.5% 4% 22% – 9.5% 21% – – – 19.5% – 5% 4.5% – 0.5% 4.5%
1.5% 9% 4.5% 21.5% – 10% 23% – – – – 15% 4% 4.5% – 1.5% 5.5%
2.5% 6.5% 4.5% 22% – 7.5% – 20% – – 21% – 4.5% 4.5% – 1.5% 5.5%
1.5% 8.5% 3.5% 25% – 8.5% – 21% – – – 14.5% 4.5% 5% – 1.5% 6.5%
1% 8.5% 4.5% 21% – 10.5% – – 14% – 23% – 5% 5% – 1.5% 6%
1% 8% 6.5% 22% – 10% – – 17.5% – – 16.5% 5.5% 4.5% – 1.5% 7%
Ifop-Fiducial 14–21 Mar 2019 956 – 1% 8% 3% 24% – 10% 22% – – – 16% – 7% – 6% 1% 2%
1% 8% 4.5% 25% – 10% 23% – – – – 14% 4.5% – 7% 1% 2%
1% 8% 5% 24% – 10% – 20% – – 15% – 6% – 6.5% 1% 3.5%
1% 8% 5% 23% – 11% – – 20% – 15% – 7% – 6% 1% 3%
Viavoice 7–25 Jan 2019 2,037 – 3% 8% – 24% – 13% 28% – – – – 17% – – 4% – 3%
Ifop 12–14 Sep 2018 944 – 1% 7% 4% 23% – 9% 23% – – – – 21% – – 6% 2% 4%
2% 7% 5% 24% – 8% – – 20% – – 23% – – 6% 1% 4%
2% 7% 5% 25% – 11% – – – 17% – 22% – – 6% 1% 4%
Ifop 1% 8% 4% 23% – 9% – 23% – – – 21% – – 6% 1% 4%
Ifop-Fiducial 19–22 Mar 2018 973 – 1% 11% – 29% (Hidalgo) 32% – – – – 21% – – 6% – –
2% 12% – 41% (Hidalgo) – 38% – – 7% – –
2% 12% – 39% (Hidalgo) 40% (Berthout) – – 7% – –
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 43.73% 1.10% 4.94% – 34.40% 8.86% – – – – 35.91% – – 6.26% – 8.79%
Second round
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Hidalgo
PS 		Griveaux
LREM 		Villani
DVC 		Dati
LR
Ifop 20–27 Jun 2019 951 51% 49% – –
49% – 51% –
2014 election 30 Mar 2014 – 53.33% – – 44.06%

Perpignan

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		EXG Assens
FI 		Fiter
PCF 		Neuville
PS 		Langevine
EELV 		Ripoull
DIV 		Grau
LREM 		Pujol
LR 		Amiel
LR 		Aliot
RN 		Others
Ifop 15–20 Mar 2019 703 1% 5% 5% 12% 5% 9% 16% 16% – 29% 2%
2% 6% 4% 11% 9% 9% 17% – 13% 27% 2%
1% 5% 3% 13% 8% 11% 27% (Pujol) 29% 3%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 3.26% – 11.87% (Cresta) 5.66% 9.62% – 30.67% – 34.18% 4.72%

Toulon

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. Defrance
LO 		de Ubeda
PCF 		Léandri
LFI 		Driquez
PS 		Rebec
EELV 		Lesage
AEI 		Muschotti
LREM 		Maginot
AC 		Falco
LR 		Perrot
DLF 		Navaranne
RN 		Michel
EXD
Elabe 18–23 Mar 2019 706 37% 1% 2% 3.5% 4% 5.5% 2% 4.5% 0.5% 57% 2.5% 15% 2.5%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 47.78% 0.81% 4.01% (de Ubeda) 10.11% (Alfonsi) 3.05% – – 59.26% – 20.47% 2.26%

Toulouse

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. EXG Bompard
LFI 		Sellin
LFI 		Raynal
PS 		Pellefigue
UNE 		Maurice
EELV 		Nogal
LREM 		Portarrieu
LREM 		Moudenc
LR 		Lamotte
RN 		Others
BVA[permanent dead link] 6–9 May 2019 671 41% 2% 10% – 12% 5% 16% 8% – 36% 8% 3%
2% 11% – 13% 5% 16% 40% (Moudenc) 9% 4%
Ifop 12–17 Apr 2019 608 – 1% – 11% 15% 6% 14% – 9% 36% 7% 1%
2014 election 23 Mar 2014 – 47.78% 2.30% 5.10% 32.26% – 6.98% – – 38.19% 8.15% 7.00%

2019 European elections in communes with at least 100,000 inhabitants

Main article: 2019 European Parliament election in France § Communes with at least 100,000 inhabitants
Commune Mayor RN LREM–MoDem EELV LR–LC FI PS–PP–ND DLF–CNIP G.s UDI PCF PA GE–MEI–MdP UPR LO LP AJ Others T/o
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Aix-en-Provence LR 7,644 17.64 12,605 29.10 7,311 16.88 4,396 10.15 2,420 5.59 2,505 5.78 899 2.08 1,080 2.49 893 2.06 769 1.78 669 1.54 754 1.74 523 1.21 137 0.32 154 0.36 156 0.36 407 0.94 49.78
Amiens UDI 6,647 20.48 8,296 25.56 4,116 12.68 1,799 5.54 3,410 10.51 1,676 5.16 829 2.55 1,229 3.79 848 2.61 878 2.71 852 2.63 651 2.01 341 1.05 230 0.71 187 0.58 118 0.36 346 1.07 46.92
Angers DVD 5,217 11.95 12,299 28.16 8,243 18.88 4,293 9.83 2,176 4.98 3,565 8.16 879 2.01 1,961 4.49 1,117 2.56 815 1.87 765 1.75 912 2.09 439 1.01 318 0.73 68 0.16 161 0.37 441 1.01 50.29
Annecy UDI 5,663 14.13 11,670 29.11 7,719 19.25 3,969 9.90 1,677 4.18 2,592 6.47 1,083 2.70 1,066 2.66 999 2.49 540 1.35 672 1.68 920 2.29 443 1.10 196 0.49 178 0.44 149 0.37 555 1.38 51.22
Argenteuil LR 3,393 18.34 3,822 20.66 2,192 11.85 949 5.13 2,254 12.18 1,087 5.88 494 2.67 1,159 6.27 425 2.30 727 3.93 426 2.30 419 2.26 354 1.91 222 1.20 141 0.76 94 0.51 341 1.84 36.19
Besançon REM 4,551 14.39 7,594 24.02 5,892 18.63 2,600 8.22 2,565 8.11 2,433 7.69 663 2.10 1,288 4.07 600 1.90 907 2.87 622 1.97 722 2.28 350 1.11 236 0.75 169 0.53 120 0.38 308 0.97 48.65
Bordeaux LR 7,167 9.40 22,476 29.47 16,434 21.55 6,879 9.02 4,725 6.20 6,481 8.50 1,017 1.33 3,214 4.21 1,363 1.79 1,617 2.12 1,064 1.40 1,501 1.97 832 1.09 335 0.44 236 0.31 209 0.27 714 0.94 51.90
Boulogne-Billancourt LR 3,094 7.54 16,760 40.86 5,485 13.37 6,622 16.14 1,134 2.76 2,039 4.97 592 1.44 925 2.26 1,060 2.58 407 0.99 702 1.71 665 1.62 412 1.00 82 0.20 53 0.13 88 0.21 899 2.19 58.90
Brest PS 5,931 14.83 9,297 23.24 7,370 18.43 2,534 6.34 2,927 7.32 3,591 8.98 728 1.82 2,507 6.27 767 1.92 926 2.32 621 1.55 669 1.67 468 1.17 283 0.71 102 0.26 102 0.26 1,173 2.93 49.36
Caen LR 3,808 12.56 8,128 26.80 5,708 18.82 2,458 8.10 1,985 6.54 2,587 8.53 594 1.96 1,509 4.98 647 2.13 636 2.10 570 1.88 604 1.99 312 1.03 216 0.71 151 0.50 118 0.39 299 0.99 55.39
Clermont-Ferrand PS 4,850 14.43 7,761 23.09 5,245 15.61 2,722 8.10 2,634 7.84 2,915 8.67 550 1.64 1,735 5.16 1,238 3.68 1,197 3.56 740 2.20 468 1.39 385 1.15 255 0.76 160 0.48 167 0.50 583 1.73 48.49
Dijon PS 6,575 15.43 10,893 25.56 7,127 16.72 3,866 9.07 2,756 6.47 3,209 7.53 1,103 2.59 1,593 3.74 959 2.25 840 1.97 1,135 2.66 966 2.27 505 1.18 291 0.68 213 0.50 150 0.35 436 1.02 52.96
Grenoble EELV 4,809 11.71 9,836 23.96 9,181 22.36 2,581 6.29 3,224 7.85 3,851 9.38 600 1.46 2,193 5.34 710 1.73 1,120 2.73 612 1.49 753 1.83 425 1.04 276 0.67 151 0.37 92 0.22 646 1.57 50.00
Le Havre LR 10,063 22.55 9,592 21.50 5,810 13.02 2,319 5.20 4,094 9.18 2,510 5.63 1,153 2.58 1,144 2.56 928 2.08 2,598 5.82 1,043 2.34 623 1.40 530 1.19 301 0.67 322 0.72 224 0.50 1,366 3.06 44.78
Le Mans PS 7,330 16.93 10,076 23.27 6,892 15.92 3,529 8.15 3,099 7.16 3,843 8.87 1,193 2.75 1,574 3.63 936 2.16 1,104 2.55 713 1.65 662 1.53 336 0.78 494 1.14 132 0.30 235 0.54 1,156 2.67 50.81
Lille PS 7,599 13.85 12,119 22.08 11,917 21.71 2,732 4.98 5,637 10.27 4,562 8.31 788 1.44 2,768 5.04 950 1.73 1,479 2.69 1,147 2.09 1,057 1.93 639 1.16 406 0.74 245 0.45 168 0.31 671 1.22 45.82
Limoges LR 6,586 17.53 8,548 22.75 4,816 12.82 3,537 9.41 2,839 7.56 3,701 9.85 868 2.31 1,801 4.79 698 1.86 1,276 3.40 936 2.49 632 1.68 372 0.99 328 0.87 158 0.42 211 0.56 270 0.72 52.36
Lyon REM 15,551 10.25 43,632 28.76 31,865 21.00 15,739 10.37 8,904 5.87 11,304 7.45 2,330 1.54 5,852 3.86 3,520 2.32 3,178 2.09 2,225 1.47 3,006 1.98 1,517 1.00 726 0.48 398 0.26 312 0.21 1,668 1.10 57.32
Marseille LR 55,974 26.31 43,803 20.59 29,120 13.69 17,583 8.26 17,521 8.23 10,993 5.17 5,161 2.43 6,452 3.03 3,041 1.43 7,285 3.42 3,141 1.48 3,644 1.71 2,819 1.32 1,005 0.47 1,314 0.62 1,008 0.47 2,920 1.37 43.79
Metz PS 5,983 20.08 7,376 24.75 4,504 15.12 2,364 7.93 1,470 4.93 2,227 7.47 922 3.09 1,074 3.60 656 2.20 647 2.17 727 2.44 482 1.62 345 1.16 234 0.79 171 0.57 115 0.39 501 1.68 44.06
Montpellier DVG 10,421 15.33 15,479 22.77 13,282 19.53 4,229 6.22 6,716 9.88 5,650 8.31 1,083 1.59 2,964 4.36 929 1.37 1,734 2.55 1,121 1.65 1,705 2.51 984 1.45 355 0.52 273 0.40 315 0.46 752 1.11 46.30
Montreuil PCF 2,383 8.97 4,291 16.16 6,454 24.31 754 2.84 3,384 12.74 2,229 8.39 386 1.45 1,890 7.12 361 1.36 2,293 8.64 481 1.81 530 2.00 347 1.31 261 0.98 60 0.23 88 0.33 361 1.36 47.30
Mulhouse LR 4,205 21.77 4,330 22.41 2,649 13.71 1,259 6.52 1,419 7.35 1,164 6.03 543 2.81 513 2.66 421 2.18 314 1.63 473 2.45 400 2.07 357 1.85 130 0.67 158 0.82 93 0.48 891 4.61 41.71
Nancy MR 3,017 11.85 7,196 28.27 4,552 17.88 2,279 8.95 1,462 5.74 2,320 9.11 580 2.28 1,046 4.11 632 2.48 557 2.19 524 2.06 385 1.51 302 1.19 150 0.59 138 0.54 56 0.22 258 1.01 52.21
Nantes PS 8,267 8.44 25,787 26.34 23,838 24.35 8,456 8.64 5,984 6.11 9,222 9.42 1,504 1.54 4,656 4.76 1,942 1.98 1,997 2.04 1,193 1.22 2,107 2.15 923 0.94 599 0.61 162 0.17 210 0.21 1,058 1.08 53.38
Nice LR 28,014 28.18 21,699 21.83 11,803 11.87 11,628 11.70 4,694 4.72 4,539 4.57 3,021 3.04 1,958 1.97 1,649 1.66 2,197 2.21 2,736 2.75 1,640 1.65 1,336 1.34 279 0.28 577 0.58 390 0.39 1,257 1.26 47.78
Nîmes LR 9,455 24.43 8,374 21.64 5,072 13.11 3,845 9.94 2,745 7.09 2,382 6.16 911 2.35 1,072 2.77 601 1.55 1,571 4.06 683 1.76 604 1.56 511 1.32 182 0.47 237 0.61 182 0.47 270 0.70 45.42
Orléans DVD 4,116 13.82 7,925 26.61 4,859 16.32 3,090 10.38 1,482 4.98 2,215 7.44 708 2.38 1,106 3.71 1,184 3.98 679 2.28 606 2.03 565 1.90 323 1.08 176 0.59 130 0.44 99 0.33 519 1.74 48.63
Paris PS 53,829 7.23 244,918 32.92 148,377 19.94 75,722 10.18 39,515 5.31 60,814 8.17 9,427 1.27 32,275 4.34 12,909 1.73 23,655 3.18 9,503 1.28 11,770 1.58 7,647 1.03 2,903 0.39 1,514 0.20 1,088 0.15 8,191 1.10 57.88
Perpignan LR 8,816 30.07 5,778 19.71 3,145 10.73 2,244 7.66 2,113 7.21 1,648 5.62 781 2.66 898 3.06 450 1.54 805 2.75 664 2.27 587 2.00 385 1.31 212 0.72 271 0.92 160 0.55 357 1.22 46.40
Reims LR 10,424 24.42 10,021 23.47 5,293 12.40 3,704 8.68 2,587 6.06 2,463 5.77 1,032 2.42 1,471 3.45 1,100 2.58 840 1.97 1,302 3.05 709 1.66 516 1.21 435 1.02 240 0.56 203 0.48 353 0.83 44.68
Rennes PS 4,771 7.89 15,836 26.19 14,713 24.33 3,962 6.55 3,838 6.35 6,594 10.91 764 1.26 3,644 6.03 1,149 1.90 1,736 2.87 634 1.05 1,094 1.81 505 0.84 423 0.70 82 0.14 133 0.22 583 0.96 54.25
Rouen PS 3,736 13.45 7,106 25.57 5,093 18.33 2,030 7.31 2,163 7.78 2,353 8.47 513 1.85 1,235 4.44 628 2.26 818 2.94 552 1.99 553 1.99 305 1.10 167 0.60 134 0.48 81 0.29 318 1.14 51.09
Saint-Denis (Réunion) PS 8,455 27.12 4,287 13.75 2,789 8.95 1,496 4.80 4,510 14.47 4,160 13.34 702 2.25 884 2.84 675 2.17 529 1.70 501 1.61 607 1.95 857 2.75 308 0.99 311 1.00 10 0.03 92 0.30 32.60
Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) PCF 1,918 13.10 2,330 15.92 2,143 14.64 453 3.09 2,288 15.63 1,029 7.03 240 1.64 1,011 6.91 251 1.71 1,420 9.70 215 1.47 263 1.80 379 2.59 240 1.64 85 0.58 77 0.53 297 2.03 33.90
Saint-Étienne LR 7,846 19.54 9,022 22.46 5,869 14.61 3,794 9.45 3,096 7.71 2,510 6.25 1,006 2.50 1,889 4.70 820 2.04 1,328 3.31 721 1.80 793 1.97 462 1.15 278 0.69 183 0.46 207 0.52 338 0.84 46.30
Saint-Paul LR 5,902 28.07 2,834 13.48 2,414 11.48 1,024 4.87 4,047 19.25 984 4.68 509 2.42 492 2.34 409 1.95 380 1.81 405 1.93 467 2.22 647 3.08 227 1.08 208 0.99 22 0.10 52 0.25 28.46
Strasbourg PS 8,802 12.80 19,077 27.75 14,220 20.69 5,017 7.30 4,743 6.90 5,294 7.70 1,169 1.70 2,749 4.00 1,414 2.06 1,048 1.52 1,257 1.83 1,385 2.01 838 1.22 352 0.51 276 0.40 200 0.29 902 1.31 49.94
Toulon LR 14,870 30.71 10,207 21.08 4,460 9.21 5,158 10.65 2,770 5.72 2,210 4.56 1,580 3.26 1,008 2.08 1,016 2.10 1,036 2.14 1,329 2.74 926 1.91 671 1.39 208 0.43 350 0.72 251 0.52 367 0.76 48.38
Toulouse LR 14,253 11.43 30,704 24.62 26,539 21.28 9,262 7.43 10,942 8.77 11,532 9.25 1,924 1.54 5,993 4.81 2,058 1.65 3,429 2.75 1,887 1.51 1,940 1.56 1,438 1.15 699 0.56 314 0.25 510 0.41 1,291 1.04 52.39
Tours MR 5,294 14.26 9,522 25.66 6,746 18.18 3,395 9.15 2,312 6.23 2,944 7.93 934 2.52 1,503 4.05 838 2.26 785 2.12 696 1.88 770 2.07 408 1.10 270 0.73 136 0.37 139 0.37 421 1.13 48.23
Villeurbanne PS 5,223 14.57 8,198 22.87 7,253 20.23 2,373 6.62 2,704 7.54 2,921 8.15 764 2.13 1,464 4.08 806 2.25 879 2.45 692 1.93 779 2.17 462 1.29 246 0.69 131 0.37 99 0.28 858 2.39 44.25

Results

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Both La République En Marche! and National Rally lost numerous seats and mayorships. La République En Marche! managed to retain mayorship of Le Havre by the Prime minister Edouard Philippe (he resigned national position on 3 July). National Rally by itself lost about half of its representatives.[9] Louis Aliot became the first National Rally Mayor in Perpignan with a city of more than 100,000 people (although Aliot ran as independent).[10] Les Republicains also suffered losses. Most of them were in large cities, where mayorships were lost to the Greens, although Les Republicains lost seats to the National Rally in small towns.

The Greens made significant gains in the election. They triumphed in Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Anne Hidalgo and Martine Aubry retained their respective mayoralties of Paris and Lille. Including them, female candidates won in half of France's largest cities.[11] Only 40% of the electorate participated in the second round,[12] a significant drop from the prior local elections, likely due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marie Cau was elected the first transgender mayor in France, in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes.[13]

National results

List-based municipalities Majority ballots municipalities All municipalities
First round Second round First round Second round First round Second round
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Expressed 15,789,730 95.36 6,175,538 97.08 4,058,899 97.06 483,307 94.94 19,848,629 95.70 6,658,845 96.92
Blank ballots 286,499 1.73 104,008 1.64 38,838 0.93 10,462 2.06 325,337 1.57 114,470 1.67
Null ballots 482,150 2.91 81,694 1.28 84,089 2.01 15,321 3.01 566,239 2.73 97,015 1.41
Voters 16,558,379 100 6,361,240 100 4,181,826 100 509,090 100 20,740,205 100 6,870,330 100
Abstentions 22,900,121 58.04 9,147,843 58.98 2,797,085 40.08 393,174 43.58 25,697,206 55.34 9,541,017 58.14
Registered voters 39,458,500 41.96 15,509,083 41.02 6,978,911 59.92 902,264 56.42 46,437,411 44.66 16,411,347 41.86
Results by political grouping (Only concerns municipalities with more than 1000 habitants)
List First round Second round Total seats Seat change
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
EXG Far-left 76,499 0.49 26 5,565 0.09 5 31 30
Far-left 76,499 0.49 26 5,565 0.09 5 31
PCF French Communist Party 166,703 1.07 1,072 56,273 0.91 354 1,426 230
LFI La France Insoumise 68,208 0.44 26 12,290 0.20 20 46 New
PS Socialist Party 287,180 1.84 1,810 120,317 1.95 759 2,569 9,709
PRG Radical Party of the Left 3,403 0.02 54 0 0.00 0 54 New
DVG Miscellaneous left 2,364,848 14.98 15,023 1,073,093 17.38 7,607 22,630 21,609
UG Union de la gauche 806,534 5.16 2,287 845,022 13.68 1,943 4,320 8,692
Left 3,696,876 23.51 20,272 2,106,995 34.12 10,683 31,045
EELV Europe Ecology – The Greens 373,959 2.37 183 127,049 2.06 332 515 182
ECO Ecologists 137,540 0.87 426 73,093 1.18 430 856 New
Left Ecologists 511,499 3.24 609 200,142 3.24 762 1,371
DIV Miscellaneous 1,121,434 7.10 8,986 480,324 7.78 4,393 13,379 21,322
SE Undesignated lists 4,089,704 25.90 115,394 396,396 6.42 7,820 123,214 New
REG Regionalists 79,390 0.50 246 42,612 0.69 273 519 New
GJ Gilets jaunes 3,258 0.02 2 87 0.00 0 2 New
Miscellaneous 5,293,786 33.52 124,628 919,419 14.89 12,486 137,114
LREM La République En Marche! 260,047 1.65 268 110,608 1.79 356 624 New
MDM Democratic Movement 20,050 0.13 65 7,373 0.12 38 103 894
UDI Union of Democrats and Independents 95,945 0.61 561 51,087 0.83 358 919 4,454
UC Union du centre 262,863 1.66 320 142,147 2.30 284 604 40
DVC Miscellaneous centre 1,327,168 8.41 8,291 661,943 10.72 4,561 12,852 New
Centre 1,966,073 12.46 9,505 973,158 15.76 5,597 15,102
LR The Republicans 725,454 4.59 3,534 330,615 5.35 1,639 5,173 5,978
LUD Union de la droite 355,326 2.25 547 327,482 5.30 820 1,367 9,968
DVD Miscellaneous right 2,764,243 17.51 22,332 1,147,627 18.58 8,225 30,557 45,705
DLF Debout la France 4,732 0.03 5 427 0.01 1 6 New
Right 3,849,755 24.38 26,418 1,806,151 29.24 10,685 37,103
RN National Rally 363,699 2.30 498 145,900 2.36 329 827 671
EXD Far-right 26,266 0.17 43 18,208 0.30 108 151 51
Far-right 389,965 2.47 541 164,108 2.66 437 978
Election postponed due to COVID-19 (Guiana only) 164 164

Communes with at least 70,000 inhabitants

Incumbent mayors marked with an asterisk (*) did not seek another term in 2020.

Commune Department Incumbent mayor Party Elected mayor Party
Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône Maryse Joissains-Masini LR Maryse Joissains-Masini LR
Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud Laurent Marcangeli DVD Laurent Marcangeli DVD
Amiens Somme Brigitte Fouré UDI Brigitte Fouré UDI
Angers Maine-et-Loire Christophe Béchu DVD Christophe Béchu DVD
Annecy Haute-Savoie Jean-Luc Rigaut UDI François Astorg ECO
Antibes Alpes-Maritimes Jean Leonetti LR Jean Leonetti LR
Argenteuil Val-d'Oise Georges Mothron LR Georges Mothron LR
Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine Manuel Aeschlimann LR Manuel Aeschlimann LR
Aubervilliers Seine-Saint-Denis Meriem Derkaoui PCF Karine Franclet UDI
Aulnay-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis Bruno Beschizza LR Bruno Beschizza LR
Avignon Vaucluse Cécile Helle PS Cécile Helle PS
Besançon Doubs Jean-Louis Fousseret LREM Anne Vignot EELV
Béziers Hérault Robert Ménard DVD Robert Ménard DVD
Bordeaux Gironde Nicolas Florian LR Pierre Hurmic EELV
Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine Pierre-Christophe Baguet LR Pierre-Christophe Baguet LR
Brest Finistère François Cuillandre PS François Cuillandre PS
Caen Calvados Joël Bruneau LR Joël Bruneau LR
Calais Pas-de-Calais Natacha Bouchart LR Natacha Bouchart LR
Cannes Alpes-Maritimes David Lisnard LR David Lisnard LR
Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne Christian Fautré PCF Laurent Jeanne SL
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Manche Benoît Arrivé PS Benoît Arrivé PS
Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme Olivier Bianchi PS Olivier Bianchi PS
Colombes Hauts-de-Seine Nicole Goueta LR Patrick Chaimovitch EELV
Courbevoie Hauts-de-Seine Jacques Kossowski LR Jacques Kossowski LR
Créteil Val-de-Marne Laurent Cathala PS Laurent Cathala PS
Dijon Côte-d'Or François Rebsamen PS François Rebsamen PS
Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis Aude Lagarde UDI Aude Lagarde UDI
Dunkerque Nord Patrice Vergriete DVG Patrice Vergriete DVG
Fort-de-France Martinique Didier Laguerre PPM Didier Laguerre PPM
Grenoble Isère Éric Piolle EELV Éric Piolle EELV
La Rochelle Charente-Maritime Jean-François Fountaine DVG Jean-François Fountaine DVG
Le Havre Seine-Maritime Jean-Baptiste Gastinne LR Édouard Philippe DVD
Le Mans Sarthe Stéphane Le Foll PS Stéphane Le Foll PS
Le Tampon Réunion André Thien Ah Koon DVD André Thien Ah Koon DVD
Lille Nord Martine Aubry PS Martine Aubry PS
Limoges Haute-Vienne Emile-Roger Lombertie LR Emile-Roger Lombertie LR
Lyon Lyon Metropolis Gérard Collomb* LREM Grégory Doucet EELV
Mamoudzou Mayotte Mohamed Majani LREM Ambdilwahedou Soumaila LR
Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône Jean-Claude Gaudin* LR Michèle Rubirola EELV
Mérignac Gironde Alain Anziani PS Alain Anziani PS
Metz Moselle Dominique Gros* PS François Grosdidier LR
Montpellier Hérault Philippe Saurel DVG Michaël Delafosse PS
Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis Patrice Bessac PCF Patrice Bessac PCF
Mulhouse Haut-Rhin Michèle Lutz LR Michèle Lutz LR
Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle Laurent Hénart MR Mathieu Klein PS
Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine Patrick Jarry DVG Patrick Jarry DVG
Nantes Loire-Atlantique Johanna Rolland PS Johanna Rolland PS
Nice Alpes-Maritimes Christian Estrosi LR Christian Estrosi LR
Nîmes Gard Jean-Paul Fournier LR Jean-Paul Fournier LR
Nouméa New Caledonia Sonia Lagarde LREM Sonia Lagarde LREM
Orléans Loiret Olivier Carré LREM Serge Grouard LR
Paris Paris Anne Hidalgo PS Anne Hidalgo PS
Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques François Bayrou MoDem François Bayrou MoDem
Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales Jean-Marc Pujol LR Louis Aliot RN
Poitiers Vienne Alain Claeys PS Léonore Moncond'huy EELV
Reims Marne Arnaud Robinet LR Arnaud Robinet LR
Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine Nathalie Appéré PS Nathalie Appéré PS
Roubaix Nord Guillaume Delbar DVD Guillaume Delbar DVD
Rouen Seine-Maritime Yvon Robert* PS Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol PS
Rueil-Malmaison Hauts-de-Seine Patrick Ollier LR Patrick Ollier LR
Saint-Denis Réunion Gilbert Annette PS Ericka Bareigts PS
Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Laurent Russier PCF Mathieu Hanotin PS
Saint-Étienne Loire Gaël Perdriau LR Gaël Perdriau LR
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Seine-Saint-Denis Sylvain Berrios LR Sylvain Berrios LR
Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique David Samzun PS David Samzun PS
Saint-Paul Réunion Joseph Sinimalé LR Huguette Bello PLR
Saint-Pierre Réunion Michel Fontaine LR Michel Fontaine LR
Strasbourg Bas-Rhin Roland Ries* DVG Jeanne Barseghian EELV
Toulon Var Hubert Falco LR Hubert Falco LR
Toulouse Haute-Garonne Jean-Luc Moudenc LR Jean-Luc Moudenc LR
Tourcoing Nord Jean-Marie Vuylsteker* LR Gérald Darmanin LREM
Tours Indre-et-Loire Christophe Bouchet MR Emmanuel Denis EELV
Versailles Yvelines François de Mazières DVD François de Mazières DVD
Villeurbanne Lyon Metropolis Jean-Paul Bret PS Cédric Van Styvendael PS
Vitry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne Jean-Claude Kennedy PCF Pierre Bell-Lloch PCF

See also

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