Besançon: Ludovic Fagaut's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Besançon (Doubs, INSEE 25056) has 68,616 registered voters. Its council has 55 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.
- 68,616registered voters
- 57%turnout, 2026 round one
- 25.7%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 42,221 voted, 40,876 valid votes
- ENSEMBLE BESANCON AVANCELed by Ludovic Fagaut · Miscellaneous right 53.3% · 21,781 · 42 seats
- BESANÇON : VIVANTE, JUSTE ET HUMAINELed by Anne Vignot · Miscellaneous left 46.7% · 19,095 · 13 seats
Round one, 15 March · 39,207 voted, 38,469 valid votes
- ENSEMBLE BESANCON AVANCEMiscellaneous right 40.1% · 15,437
- BESANÇON : VIVANTE, JUSTE ET HUMAINEUnion of the left 33.4% · 12,836
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR BESANÇONFrance Unbowed 10.9% · 4,194
- CHANGEONS BESANÇONRassemblement National 8.0% · 3,077
- BESANCON MERITE MIEUXUnion of the centre 5.7% · 2,181
- LUTTE OUVRIÉRE - LE CAMP DES TRAVAILLEURSFar left 1.9% · 744
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 Besançon from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 25.7% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 24.0% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.5% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 14.7% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.6% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 4.4% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.3% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.0% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.9% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.8% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 32.3% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 27.7% · National Rally 13.7% · Greens 6.4% · Reconquête 6.0%. 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 Doubs
- Montbéliard14,076 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Pontarlier12,156 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Audincourt8,470 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Valentigney6,811 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Seloncourt4,427 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Morteau4,260 voters · Les Républicains
- Baume-les-Dames3,962 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Villers-le-Lac3,720 voters · Miscellaneous right