Pessac: Franck Raynal's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Pessac (Gironde, INSEE 33318) has 44,310 registered voters. Its council has 49 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.
- 44,310registered voters
- 56%turnout, 2026 round one
- 23.9%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 23,528 voted, 22,986 valid votes
- AVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAISLed by Franck Raynal · Miscellaneous right 50.3% · 11,564 · 37 seats
- PESSAC ENSEMBLELed by Sébastien Saint-Pasteur · Union of the left 41.2% · 9,468 · 10 seats
- Unis pour PessacLed by Bérangère Couillard · Miscellaneous centre 8.5% · 1,954 · 2 seats
Round one, 15 March · 24,638 voted, 24,299 valid votes
- AVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAISMiscellaneous right 41.0% · 9,968
- PESSAC ENSEMBLEUnion of the left 29.8% · 7,245
- Unis pour PessacMiscellaneous centre 11.5% · 2,788
- L'ALTERNANCE POUR PESSACRassemblement National 8.8% · 2,140
- PESSAC INSOUMISEFrance Unbowed 7.2% · 1,741
- ANTICAPITALISTES ET REVOLUTIONNAIRESFar left 1.7% · 417
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 Pessac
Pessac is a commune in Gironde with 44,310 registered voters, the 3rd largest of the département's 534 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 55.6% of them voted, fewer than the 58.7% across Gironde, and the list led by Franck Raynal won 37 of the council's 49 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted Ensemble (Macron camp) 32.1%, France Unbowed 26.2%, National Rally 13.6%. National Rally did 10 points worse here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 23.9%, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 20.5%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Pessac from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 23.9% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 20.5% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 18.2% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 17.4% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 7.4% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 5.1% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.9% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.4% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.7% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 32.1% · France Unbowed 26.2% · National Rally 13.6% · Greens 7.1% · Reconquête 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 →
Communes of a similar size in Gironde
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- 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
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- Le Bouscat18,552 voters · Miscellaneous right