France Presidential election, round one18 Apr 2027in 167 days Le Pen wins 93% Philippe wins 6% Calendar Track record Research
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Saintes: Bruno Drapron's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027

Saintes (Charente-Maritime, INSEE 17415) has 18,808 registered voters. Its council has 35 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.

The municipal election, March 2026

Round two, 22 March · 10,181 voted, 9,747 valid votes

  1. L'IMPORTANT , C'EST VOUSLed by Bruno Drapron · Miscellaneous centre 55.2% · 5,379 · 27 seats
  2. SAINTES DEMAINLed by Ludovic Norigeon · Miscellaneous left 44.8% · 4,368 · 8 seats

Round one, 15 March · 10,469 voted, 10,213 valid votes

  1. L'IMPORTANT , C'EST VOUSMiscellaneous centre 40.6% · 4,145
  2. SAINTES DEMAINMiscellaneous left 24.3% · 2,486
  3. SAINTES AU QUOTIDIENMiscellaneous right 16.1% · 1,645
  4. J'AIME SAINTESMiscellaneous centre 12.5% · 1,275
  5. SAINTES SOLIDAIRE ET CITOYENNEFrance Unbowed 6.5% · 662

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 Saintes from how it voted in 2022.

  1. Marine Le PenNational Rally 30.9% · France 34.2%
  2. Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 18.3% · France 16.8%
  3. Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 15.7% · France 14.3%
  4. Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 14.8% · France 13.4%
  5. Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.6% · France 7.6%
  6. Marine TondelierGreens 3.8% · France 2.9%
  7. Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.2% · France 3.8%
  8. Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.6% · France 2.0%
  9. Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.3% · France 2.1%
  10. Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.7% · France 0.6%

In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 29.2% · France Unbowed 24.1% · National Rally 19.2% · Reconquête 5.9% · Greens 5.6%. 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 →

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