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Montpellier: Michaël Delafosse's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027

Montpellier (Hérault, INSEE 34172) has 174,968 registered voters. Its council has 69 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.

The municipal election, March 2026

Round two, 22 March · 80,219 voted, 77,137 valid votes

  1. DEMAIN MONTPELLIERLed by Michaël Delafosse · Union of the left 50.1% · 38,668 · 53 seats
  2. FAIRE MIEUX POUR MONTPELLIERLed by Nathalie Oziol · France Unbowed 25.1% · 19,332 · 8 seats
  3. MONTPELLIER NOTRE FIERTÉLed by Mohed Altrad · Miscellaneous centre 24.8% · 19,137 · 8 seats

Round one, 15 March · 88,232 voted, 87,003 valid votes

  1. DEMAIN MONTPELLIERUnion of the left 33.4% · 29,069
  2. FAIRE MIEUX POUR MONTPELLIERFrance Unbowed 15.4% · 13,366
  3. MONTPELLIER NOTRE FIERTÉMiscellaneous centre 11.3% · 9,837
  4. Montpellier CitoyenneMiscellaneous left 8.9% · 7,712
  5. YES WE CLOWNMiscellaneous 8.2% · 7,145
  6. AIMER MONTPELLIERMiscellaneous right 7.5% · 6,524
  7. LIBÉRER MONTPELLIER !Rassemblement National 7.3% · 6,320
  8. LE PRINTEMPS MONTPELLIERAINEcologist 4.7% · 4,105
  9. RÉVOLUTION PERMANENTE - MAX MULLER, LA VOIX DES TRAVAILLEURS, DE LA JEUNESSE ET DES QUARTIERS POPULAIRESFar left 1.4% · 1,220
  10. UNION MONTPELLIERAINEMiscellaneous right 1.1% · 969
  11. LUTTE OUVRIÈRE - LE CAMP DES TRAVAILLEURSFar left 0.5% · 426
  12. LA MUNICIPALISTEMiscellaneous 0.2% · 177
  13. L'argent pour les travailleurs et les services publics de la commune, pas pour la guerre !Far left 0.2% · 133

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 Montpellier

Montpellier is a commune in Hérault with 174,968 registered voters, the largest of the département's 341 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 50.4% of them voted, fewer than the 60% across Hérault, and the list led by Michaël Delafosse won 53 of the council's 69 seats after a second round.

In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 40.7%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 22.5%, National Rally 12.4%. France Unbowed did 19 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 32.9%, with Marine Le Pen on 22.2%.

The 2027 presidential election here, round one

Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Montpellier from how it voted in 2022.

  1. Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 32.9% · France 16.8%
  2. Marine Le PenNational Rally 22.2% · France 34.2%
  3. Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.8% · France 13.4%
  4. Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 11.8% · France 14.3%
  5. Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 5.8% · France 7.6%
  6. Marine TondelierGreens 4.3% · France 2.9%
  7. Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.6% · France 3.8%
  8. Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.6% · France 2.0%
  9. Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.4% · France 2.1%
  10. Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.5% · France 0.6%

In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 40.7% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 22.5% · National Rally 12.4% · Reconquête 6.7% · Greens 6.2%. 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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