Bourges: Yann Galut's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Bourges (Cher, INSEE 18033) has 43,529 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.
- 43,529registered voters
- 49%turnout, 2026 round one
- 28.9%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 21,034 voted, 20,432 valid votes
- Avec Yann GALUT, Bourges pour toutes et tousLed by Yann Galut · Union of the left 53.4% · 10,910 · 38 seats
- UNIS, CHANGEONS DE CAPLed by Philippe Mercier · Miscellaneous right 34.3% · 6,998 · 8 seats
- Bouger Bourges, avec Ugo IANNUZZILed by Ugo Iannuzzi · Rassemblement National 12.4% · 2,524 · 3 seats
Round one, 15 March · 21,454 voted, 20,768 valid votes
- Avec Yann GALUT, Bourges pour toutes et tousUnion of the left 48.0% · 9,963
- UNIS, CHANGEONS DE CAPMiscellaneous right 31.3% · 6,492
- Bouger Bourges, avec Ugo IANNUZZIRassemblement National 14.9% · 3,098
- BOURGES EN COMMUNFrance Unbowed 4.4% · 912
- Lutte ouvrière - Le camp des travailleursFar left 1.5% · 303
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 Bourges from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 28.9% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 18.2% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 17.1% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.1% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.8% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.7% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.9% · France 2.9%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.6% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.1% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 31.0% · France Unbowed 24.0% · National Rally 17.7% · Reconquête 6.9% · Republicans 5.4%. 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 Cher
- Vierzon17,531 voters · Union of the far right
- Saint-Doulchard7,404 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Amand-Montrond7,048 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Mehun-sur-Yèvre5,051 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Florent-sur-Cher4,603 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Aubigny-sur-Nère4,243 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Germain-du-Puy3,729 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Trouy3,419 voters · Miscellaneous right