Rennes: Nathalie Appéré's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine, INSEE 35238) has 128,988 registered voters. Its council has 61 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.
- 128,988registered voters
- 58%turnout, 2026 round one
- 29.5%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 74,242 voted, 72,942 valid votes
- RENNES SOLIDAIRELed by Nathalie Appéré · Union of the left 43.8% · 31,937 · 44 seats
- VIVRE RENNES AVEC CHARLES COMPAGNONLed by Charles Compagnon · Union of the centre 36.4% · 26,534 · 11 seats
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR RENNES, UNION POPULAIRE ET ÉCOLOGISTELed by Marie Mesmeur · France Unbowed 19.8% · 14,471 · 6 seats
Round one, 15 March · 75,177 voted, 73,997 valid votes
- RENNES SOLIDAIREUnion of the left 34.5% · 25,548
- VIVRE RENNES AVEC CHARLES COMPAGNONUnion of the centre 22.5% · 16,628
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR RENNES, UNION POPULAIRE ET ÉCOLOGISTEFrance Unbowed 18.6% · 13,774
- RASSEMBLEMENT POUR RENNESRassemblement National 6.7% · 4,939
- L'ESPOIR RENNAISLes Républicains 6.3% · 4,662
- RENNES COMMUNEFar left 5.1% · 3,754
- ÉQUINOXE RENNES, POUR UNE VILLE VIVANTE, APAISÉE ET RÉSILIENTEEcologist 2.9% · 2,148
- RÉVOLUTION PERMANENTE: REPRENDRE RENNES AUX POLITICIENS PROFESSIONNELSFar left 1.8% · 1,298
- LUTTE OUVRIERE - LE CAMP DES TRAVAILLEURSFar left 0.9% · 653
- NPA Révolutionnaires - Rennes, ouvrière et révolutionnaireFar left 0.5% · 379
- RENNES CONTRE LA GUERRE, POUR LES TRAVAILLEURS.ES, LA JEUNESSE ET LES SERVICES PUBLICSFar left 0.3% · 214
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 Rennes
Rennes is a commune in Ille-et-Vilaine with 128,988 registered voters, the largest of the département's 331 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 58.3% of them voted, close to the 59.3% across Ille-et-Vilaine, and the list led by Nathalie Appéré won 44 of the council's 61 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 36.3%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 29.5%, Greens 10%. National Rally did 16 points worse here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead on 29.5%, with Raphaël Glucksmann on 18.2%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Rennes from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 29.5% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 18.2% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 16.2% · France 14.3%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 15.6% · France 34.2%
- Marine TondelierGreens 7.5% · France 2.9%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 6.8% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.4% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.0% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.1% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 36.3% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 29.5% · Greens 10.0% · National Rally 7.3% · Reconquête 4.5%. 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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- Vitré14,548 voters · Miscellaneous centre
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- Cesson-Sévigné14,057 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Fougères13,418 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Dinard9,888 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Betton9,805 voters · Union of the left
- Pacé9,012 voters · Miscellaneous right