Angoulême: Xavier Bonnefont's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Angoulême (Charente, INSEE 16015) has 26,562 registered voters. Its council has 43 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.
- 26,562registered voters
- 52%turnout, 2026 round one
- 25.5%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 13,537 voted, 13,134 valid votes
- L'essentiel c'est vous !Led by Xavier Bonnefont · Miscellaneous right 48.3% · 6,339 · 32 seats
- L'union populaire AngoulêmeLed by Anne-Aziliz Petit-Louboutin · France Unbowed 32.2% · 4,226 · 7 seats
- CHOISISSONS ANGOULEME AVEC PATRICK MARDIKIANLed by Patrick Mardikian · Miscellaneous left 19.6% · 2,569 · 4 seats
Round one, 15 March · 13,840 voted, 13,612 valid votes
- L'essentiel c'est vous !Miscellaneous right 27.8% · 3,779
- L'union populaire AngoulêmeFrance Unbowed 17.8% · 2,425
- ANGOULEME VOUS AIMEMiscellaneous right 16.6% · 2,257
- CHOISISSONS ANGOULEME AVEC PATRICK MARDIKIANMiscellaneous left 12.8% · 1,745
- Angoulême Collectif 2026Ecologist 10.4% · 1,422
- REDESSINONS ANGOULÊMERassemblement National 7.1% · 962
- CHANGER LA VILLESocialist 5.0% · 674
- Agir Pour AngoulêmeReconquête 1.5% · 204
- Lutte ouvrière - Le camp des travailleursFar left 1.1% · 144
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%.
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About Angoulême
Angoulême is a commune in Charente with 26,562 registered voters, the largest of the département's 359 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 52.1% of them voted, fewer than the 57.7% across Charente, and the list led by Xavier Bonnefont won 32 of the council's 43 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 31.9%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 27.3%, National Rally 14.8%. France Unbowed did 10 points better here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 25.5%, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 25.4%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Angoulême from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 25.5% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 25.4% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.6% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 14.5% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.4% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 4.3% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.2% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.9% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.4% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.8% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 31.9% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 27.3% · National Rally 14.8% · Greens 6.2% · Reconquête 5.8%. 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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- Ruelle-sur-Touvre5,482 voters · Miscellaneous left
- La Couronne5,110 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Champniers4,387 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Gond-Pontouvre3,883 voters · Miscellaneous left
- L'Isle-d'Espagnac3,859 voters · Miscellaneous left