Le Tampon: Alexis Chaussalet's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Le Tampon (La Réunion, INSEE 97422) has 67,329 registered voters. Its council has 53 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.
- 67,329registered voters
- 54%turnout, 2026 round one
- 41.5%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 40,613 voted, 39,166 valid votes
- NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR !Led by Alexis Chaussalet · Union of the left 45.3% · 17,738 · 39 seats
- TAMPON AVENIRLed by Patrice Thien-Ah-Koon · Miscellaneous right 43.2% · 16,932 · 11 seats
- L'ALLIANCE DES TAMPONNAISLed by Nathalie Bassire · Miscellaneous right 11.5% · 4,496 · 3 seats
Round one, 15 March · 36,419 voted, 34,538 valid votes
- TAMPON AVENIRMiscellaneous right 40.9% · 14,133
- NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR !Union of the left 29.0% · 10,000
- L'ALLIANCE DES TAMPONNAISMiscellaneous right 22.3% · 7,718
- LA CLÉ C'EST VOUSMiscellaneous 4.8% · 1,652
- NOUVELLE VAGUE RÉUNIONMiscellaneous centre 3.0% · 1,035
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 Le Tampon
Le Tampon is a commune in La Réunion with 67,329 registered voters, the 4th largest of the département's 24 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 54.1% of them voted, close to the 55.3% across La Réunion, and the list led by Alexis Chaussalet won 39 of the council's 53 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 36.2%, National Rally 30.4%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 16%. France Unbowed did 14 points better here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 41.5%, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 26.2%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Le Tampon from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 41.5% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 26.2% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 12.2% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 7.6% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 5.0% · France 7.6%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 3.0% · France 2.1%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 1.9% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 1.1% · France 2.9%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 1.0% · France 0.6%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 0.7% · France 2.0%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 36.2% · National Rally 30.4% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 16.0% · Reconquête 3.8% · Sovereigntists 3.0%. 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
- Saint-Pierre69,723 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Paul89,425 voters · Union of the left
- Saint-Louis46,507 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Saint-André42,932 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Denis112,687 voters · Union of the left
- Saint-Joseph32,654 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Benoît31,200 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Leu30,700 voters · Miscellaneous centre