Kourou: Michael Rimane's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Kourou (Guyane, INSEE 97304) has 11,939 registered voters. Its council has 35 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.
- 11,939registered voters
- 51%turnout, 2026 round one
- 38.2%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 6,932 voted, 6,776 valid votes
- AVENIR KOUROUCIENLed by Michael Rimane · Miscellaneous 34.9% · 2,365 · 24 seats
- VIVRE KOUROU ENSEMBLELed by François Ringuet · Miscellaneous 26.2% · 1,775 · 5 seats
- OSONS POUR KOUROULed by Micheline Antoinette · Miscellaneous left 19.7% · 1,332 · 3 seats
- REPARER KOUROU ET AVANCERLed by Jean-Etienne Antoinette · Miscellaneous left 19.2% · 1,304 · 3 seats
Round one, 15 March · 6,083 voted, 5,867 valid votes
- AVENIR KOUROUCIENMiscellaneous 26.9% · 1,581
- VIVRE KOUROU ENSEMBLEMiscellaneous 25.3% · 1,485
- REPARER KOUROU ET AVANCERMiscellaneous left 20.1% · 1,179
- OSONS POUR KOUROUMiscellaneous left 18.6% · 1,094
- KOUROU DEBOUT, ENSEMBLE POUR LE RENOUVEAUMiscellaneous 4.7% · 276
- LUTTE OUVRIERE-LE CAMP DES TRAVAILLEURSFar left 2.4% · 141
- REDORER LE BLASON DE KOUROUMiscellaneous 1.9% · 111
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 Kourou from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 38.2% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 27.7% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 12.3% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 8.4% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 4.6% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.9% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.4% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.0% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 0.9% · France 2.0%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 47.7% · National Rally 17.0% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 16.2% · Reconquête 5.6% · Greens 3.8%. 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 Guyane
- Remire-Montjoly14,023 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Matoury15,073 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni16,688 voters · Miscellaneous
- Macouria8,163 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Cayenne26,287 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Mana3,370 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Apatou2,806 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Maripasoula2,669 voters · Miscellaneous left