Saint-Leu: Karim Juhoor's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Saint-Leu (La Réunion, INSEE 97413) has 30,700 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.
- 30,700registered voters
- 62%turnout, 2026 round one
- 35.6%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 20,214 voted, 19,646 valid votes
- UNION SAINT-LEUSIENNELed by Karim Juhoor · Miscellaneous centre 50.9% · 9,994 · 30 seats
- ENSEMBLE, REDONNONS VIE A SAINT LEULed by Thierry Robert · Miscellaneous centre 49.1% · 9,652 · 9 seats
Round one, 15 March · 19,045 voted, 18,500 valid votes
- ENSEMBLE, REDONNONS VIE A SAINT LEUMiscellaneous centre 44.0% · 8,148
- UNE ACTION JUSTE, POUR SAINT-LEUMiscellaneous centre 22.4% · 4,149
- UNION SAINT-LEUSIENNEMiscellaneous centre 16.5% · 3,060
- SAINT-LEU EN AVANT AUTREMENTMiscellaneous centre 7.5% · 1,385
- NOUVEAU SOUFFLE POUR SAINT-LEUMiscellaneous left 7.4% · 1,374
- AGIR SUR LE QUOTIDIEN POUR PREPARER DEMAINEcologist 2.1% · 384
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 Saint-Leu
Saint-Leu is a commune in La Réunion with 30,700 registered voters, the 9th largest of the département's 24 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 62% of them voted, more than the 55.3% across La Réunion, and the list led by Karim Juhoor won 30 of the council's 39 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 46.2%, National Rally 20.5%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 15.4%. France Unbowed did 24 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 35.6%, with Marine Le Pen on 30.9%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Saint-Leu from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 35.6% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 30.9% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 12.9% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 7.7% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 4.7% · France 7.6%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.9% · France 2.1%
- Marine TondelierGreens 1.9% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 1.7% · France 3.8%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.9% · France 0.6%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 0.7% · France 2.0%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 46.2% · National Rally 20.5% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 15.4% · Reconquête 3.4% · Greens 3.2%. 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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