Bordeaux: Thomas Cazenave's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Bordeaux (Gironde, INSEE 33063) has 174,137 registered voters. Its council has 65 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.
- 174,137registered voters
- 58%turnout, 2026 round one
- 23.6%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 99,290 voted, 96,201 valid votes
- Faire Gagner BordeauxLed by Thomas Cazenave · Union of the centre 50.9% · 49,014 · 49 seats
- BORDEAUX EN CONFIANCELed by Pierre Hurmic · Union of the left 49.1% · 47,187 · 16 seats
Round one, 15 March · 101,141 voted, 100,155 valid votes
- BORDEAUX EN CONFIANCEUnion of the left 27.7% · 27,719
- Faire Gagner BordeauxUnion of the centre 25.6% · 25,617
- PHILIPPE DESSERTINE- L'OPTIMISME EST UNE FORCEMiscellaneous centre 20.2% · 20,228
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR BORDEAUXFrance Unbowed 9.4% · 9,372
- RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL POUR BORDEAUXRassemblement National 7.0% · 7,031
- ROUGE BORDEAUX ANTICAPITALISTEFar left 5.1% · 5,152
- UNION DE LA GAUCHEMiscellaneous left 1.8% · 1,796
- A LA RECONQUÊTE DE BORDEAUXReconquête 1.8% · 1,770
- ARRACHER BORDEAUX AUX RICHES ET AUX SPÉCULATEURSFar left 0.9% · 895
- Lutte ouvrière - le camp des travailleursFar left 0.4% · 363
- NPA Révolutionnaires - Bordeaux Ouvrière et RévolutionnaireFar left 0.2% · 212
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 Bordeaux from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 23.6% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 19.9% · France 14.3%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 17.7% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 16.4% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 9.1% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 6.1% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.9% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.6% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.3% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 33.5% · France Unbowed 29.1% · National Rally 8.5% · Greens 8.2% · Reconquête 6.9%. 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 Gironde
- Mérignac49,546 voters · Union of the left
- Pessac44,310 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Villenave-d'Ornon26,975 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Talence26,026 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Saint-Médard-en-Jalles25,571 voters · Miscellaneous left
- La Teste-de-Buch23,261 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Bègles21,327 voters · Miscellaneous
- Gujan-Mestras19,043 voters · Miscellaneous right