La Rochelle: Olivier Falorni's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime, INSEE 17300) has 57,095 registered voters. Its council has 49 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.
- 57,095registered voters
- 52%turnout, 2026 round one
- 24.3%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 28,388 voted, 27,828 valid votes
- POUR LES ROCHELAISES ET LES ROCHELAISLed by Olivier Falorni · Miscellaneous left 43.7% · 12,149 · 36 seats
- LA ROCHELLE UNIELed by Maryline Simoné · Union of the left 30.0% · 8,346 · 7 seats
- Une vision pour La RochelleLed by Christophe Batcabe · Miscellaneous right 16.4% · 4,568 · 4 seats
- GÉNÉRATIONS LA ROCHELLE AVEC THIBAUT GUIRAUDLed by Thibaut Guiraud · Miscellaneous left 9.9% · 2,765 · 2 seats
Round one, 15 March · 29,497 voted, 29,166 valid votes
- POUR LES ROCHELAISES ET LES ROCHELAISMiscellaneous left 33.1% · 9,661
- LA ROCHELLE UNIEUnion of the left 21.4% · 6,244
- GÉNÉRATIONS LA ROCHELLE AVEC THIBAUT GUIRAUDMiscellaneous left 15.6% · 4,563
- Une vision pour La RochelleMiscellaneous right 13.6% · 3,968
- RASSEMBLEMENT LA ROCHELLERassemblement National 8.8% · 2,574
- LA ROCHELLE INSOUMISE ET POPULAIREFrance Unbowed 6.5% · 1,887
- LUTTE OUVRIERE - LE CAMP DES TRAVAILLEURSFar left 0.9% · 269
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 La Rochelle from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 24.3% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 21.2% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 17.9% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.4% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.9% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 5.8% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.8% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.3% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.7% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 31.7% · France Unbowed 27.1% · National Rally 13.9% · Greens 8.0% · Reconquête 5.2%. 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 Charente-Maritime
- Saintes18,808 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Rochefort17,188 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Royan16,976 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Périgny6,911 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Aytré6,812 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Lagord6,309 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Tonnay-Charente6,309 voters · Socialist
- Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron6,254 voters · Miscellaneous right