Chalais: Chalais Active et Attractive won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Chalais (Charente, INSEE 16073) has 1,251 registered voters. Its council has 19 seats; the 2026 municipal election was settled in the first round on 15 March. The next municipal elections are in 2032; the presidential election is on 18 April 2027.
- 1,251registered voters
- 63%turnout, 2026 round one
- 43.8%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 782 voted, 743 valid votes
- Chalais Active et AttractiveNo label (small commune) 75.1% · 558 · 17 seats
- Municipales 2026 Réenchantons ChalaisNo label (small commune) 24.9% · 185 · 2 seats
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 Chalais from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 43.8% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 16.6% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 11.9% · France 14.3%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 10.7% · France 16.8%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.4% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.5% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.4% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.1% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.8% · France 2.0%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.7% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: National Rally 32.1% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 24.8% · France Unbowed 15.6% · Reconquête 5.1% · Republicans 4.8%. 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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