Pontarlier: Patrick Comte's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Pontarlier (Doubs, INSEE 25462) has 12,156 registered voters. Its council has 33 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.
- 12,156registered voters
- 48%turnout, 2026 round one
- 30.8%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 5,954 voted, 5,806 valid votes
- De l'ambition pour PontarlierLed by Patrick Comte · Miscellaneous centre 48.2% · 2,799 · 25 seats
- Pontarlier en actesLed by Bénédicte Hérard · Miscellaneous right 25.4% · 1,477 · 4 seats
- PONTARLIER:forte,vivante et responsableLed by Bertrand Guinchard · Miscellaneous right 17.8% · 1,032 · 3 seats
- La Gauche PontissalienneLed by Cédric Laithier · Miscellaneous left 8.6% · 498 · 1 seat
Round one, 15 March · 5,776 voted, 5,604 valid votes
- De l'ambition pour PontarlierMiscellaneous centre 35.6% · 1,997
- Pontarlier en actesMiscellaneous right 27.6% · 1,548
- PONTARLIER:forte,vivante et responsableMiscellaneous right 24.1% · 1,350
- La Gauche PontissalienneMiscellaneous left 12.7% · 709
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 Pontarlier from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 30.8% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 18.5% · France 14.3%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 15.3% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 14.4% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.4% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 3.9% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.6% · France 3.8%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 3.2% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.2% · France 2.0%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.8% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 32.8% · France Unbowed 20.3% · National Rally 19.0% · Reconquête 6.6% · Greens 5.7%. 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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