La Possession: Erick Fontaine's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
La Possession (La Réunion, INSEE 97408) has 26,407 registered voters. Its council has 39 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.
- 26,407registered voters
- 50%turnout, 2026 round one
- 33.1%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 14,953 voted, 14,567 valid votes
- LE CHANGEMENT C'EST NOUSLed by Erick Fontaine · Miscellaneous left 50.3% · 7,334 · 30 seats
- LA POSSESSION EN ACTION 2026Led by Vanessa Miranville · Ecologist 49.7% · 7,233 · 9 seats
Round one, 15 March · 13,256 voted, 12,804 valid votes
- LA POSSESSION EN ACTION 2026Ecologist 41.9% · 5,370
- LE CHANGEMENT C'EST NOUSMiscellaneous left 19.6% · 2,511
- LA POSSESSION, UNE VILLE POUR TOUS, UN AVENIR POUR CHACUN-EMiscellaneous left 14.0% · 1,793
- DEMAIN ENSEMBLEMiscellaneous left 13.1% · 1,676
- LA POSSESSION PAR PASSIONMiscellaneous centre 7.4% · 949
- FORCES POSSESSIONNAISESMiscellaneous right 3.9% · 505
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 La Possession from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 33.1% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 30.9% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 13.3% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 9.8% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 4.8% · France 7.6%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.6% · France 2.1%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.1% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 1.9% · France 2.9%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.8% · France 0.6%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 0.6% · France 2.0%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 42.6% · National Rally 20.1% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 19.4% · Reconquête 4.2% · Greens 3.1%. 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 La Réunion
- Le Port27,444 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Sainte-Marie28,365 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Leu30,700 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Saint-Benoît31,200 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Joseph32,654 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Sainte-Suzanne20,093 voters · Miscellaneous
- Saint-André42,932 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Louis46,507 voters · Miscellaneous centre