Espenel: Ensemble pour Espenel won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Espenel (Drôme, INSEE 26122) has 140 registered voters. Its council has 11 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.
- 140registered voters
- 66%turnout, 2026 round one
- 57.4%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 92 voted, 77 valid votes
- Ensemble pour EspenelNo label (small commune) 100.0% · 77 · 11 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%.
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About Espenel
Espenel is a commune in Drôme with 140 registered voters, the 251st largest of the département's 362 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 65.7% of them voted, more than the 57.8% across Drôme, and Ensemble pour Espenel won 11 of the council's 11 seats in the first round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 64.5%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 11.3%, National Rally 8.1%. France Unbowed did 43 points better here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead on 57.4%, with Marine Le Pen on 17.5%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Espenel from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 57.4% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 17.5% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 9.5% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 6.4% · France 14.3%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 3.2% · France 2.0%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 2.8% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.8% · France 2.9%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 64.5% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 11.3% · National Rally 8.1% · Others 7.3% · Greens 4.0%. 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 →
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