Saou: Naturellement Saou won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Saou (Drôme, INSEE 26336) has 475 registered voters. Its council has 15 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.
- 475registered voters
- 62%turnout, 2026 round one
- 42.2%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 296 voted, 242 valid votes
- Naturellement SaouNo label (small commune) 100.0% · 242 · 15 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 Saou
Saou is a commune in Drôme with 475 registered voters, the 153rd largest of the département's 362 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 62.3% of them voted, more than the 57.8% across Drôme, and Naturellement Saou won 15 of the council's 15 seats in the first round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 49.9%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 19%, Greens 7.4%. France Unbowed did 28 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 42.2%, with Raphaël Glucksmann on 15.7%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Saou from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 42.2% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.7% · France 13.4%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 13.2% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 10.4% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 5.7% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 5.4% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.8% · France 3.8%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.1% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.2% · France 2.0%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 49.9% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 19.0% · Greens 7.4% · Reconquête 6.9% · National Rally 5.3%. 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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