Grenoble: Laurence Ruffin's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Grenoble (Isère, INSEE 38185) has 87,298 registered voters. Its council has 59 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.
- 87,298registered voters
- 61%turnout, 2026 round one
- 31.7%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 53,619 voted, 51,368 valid votes
- OUI GRENOBLELed by Laurence Ruffin · Union of the left 56.6% · 29,071 · 46 seats
- Réconcilier GrenobleLed by Alain Carignon · Les Républicains 43.4% · 22,297 · 13 seats
Round one, 15 March · 52,994 voted, 52,445 valid votes
- Réconcilier GrenobleLes Républicains 27.0% · 14,182
- OUI GrenobleUnion of the left 26.3% · 13,810
- Faire mieux pour GrenobleFrance Unbowed 14.6% · 7,650
- GRENOBLE CAPITALE CITOYENNEMiscellaneous left 10.0% · 5,242
- NOUS GRENOBLEMiscellaneous centre 9.6% · 5,053
- RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL - GRENOBLE CAPITALE DES ALPESRassemblement National 5.2% · 2,728
- GRENOBLE ALPES COLLECTIFMiscellaneous left 5.0% · 2,614
- GRENOBLE OUVRIERE ET REVOLUTIONNAIREFar left 1.4% · 724
- Lutte ouvrière - Le camp des travailleursFar left 0.7% · 353
- Réquisition des logements vacants, l'argent pour les services publics, pas pour la guerreFar left 0.2% · 89
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 Grenoble
Grenoble is a commune in Isère with 87,298 registered voters, the largest of the département's 510 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 60.7% of them voted, more than the 55.5% across Isère, and the list led by Laurence Ruffin won 46 of the council's 59 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 38.9%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 25.3%, National Rally 10.2%. France Unbowed did 17 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 31.7%, with Marine Le Pen on 19.5%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Grenoble from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 31.7% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 19.5% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 16.2% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 13.5% · France 14.3%
- Marine TondelierGreens 6.6% · France 2.9%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 6.0% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.9% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.9% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.2% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 38.9% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 25.3% · National Rally 10.2% · Greens 9.0% · Reconquête 5.4%. 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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- Voiron15,842 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Meylan14,831 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Fontaine13,525 voters · Union of the centre
- Saint-Egrève12,194 voters · Miscellaneous left