Caen: Aristide Olivier's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Caen (Calvados, INSEE 14118) has 60,714 registered voters. Its council has 55 seats; the 2026 municipal election went to a second round on 22 March. The next municipal elections are in 2032; the presidential election is on 18 April 2027.
- 60,714registered voters
- 55%turnout, 2026 round one
- 22.9%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 31,371 voted, 30,728 valid votes
- CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIERLed by Aristide Olivier · Miscellaneous right 59.4% · 18,245 · 44 seats
- CAEN LA VILLE NOUS RASSEMBLE AVEC RUDY L'ORPHELINLed by Rudy L'Orphelin · Union of the left 25.5% · 7,838 · 7 seats
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR CAEN !Led by Aurélien Guidi · France Unbowed 15.1% · 4,645 · 4 seats
Round one, 15 March · 33,560 voted, 33,123 valid votes
- CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIERMiscellaneous right 48.5% · 16,068
- CAEN LA VILLE NOUS RASSEMBLE AVEC RUDY L'ORPHELINUnion of the left 21.8% · 7,205
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR CAEN !France Unbowed 12.5% · 4,145
- RASSEMBLONS CAENRassemblement National 7.4% · 2,448
- CITOYENS A CAENMiscellaneous left 4.5% · 1,507
- LE CAEN DE L'ENGAGEMENTMiscellaneous left 2.4% · 786
- NPA-REVOLUTIONNAIRE-CAEN OUVRIERE ET REVOLUTIONNAIREFar left 1.1% · 364
- CAEN DYNAMIQUE!Miscellaneous centre 1.1% · 357
- Lutte ouvrière - le camp des travailleursFar left 0.7% · 243
Official results, Ministère de l'Intérieur. Lists are labelled with the ministry's political "nuance"; lists in small communes carry none. The list that comes first takes half the seats as a bonus, and the rest are shared in proportion among lists over 5%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Caen from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 22.9% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 21.7% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 18.4% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 16.0% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.5% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 5.8% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.9% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.9% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.4% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.7% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 32.3% · France Unbowed 28.9% · National Rally 11.9% · Greens 8.0% · Reconquête 5.3%. Each political family moves by its national change since 2022 (half uniform, half proportional), scaled so that every commune adds up to our national forecast. The national forecast →
Communes of a similar size in Calvados
- Lisieux13,378 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair12,612 voters · Union of the centre
- Vire Normandie12,366 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Bayeux9,647 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Ifs8,273 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Ouistreham8,094 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Mézidon Vallée d'Auge7,504 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Mondeville7,404 voters · Miscellaneous left