Nantes: Johanna Rolland's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Nantes (Loire-Atlantique, INSEE 44109) has 203,144 registered voters. Its council has 69 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.
- 203,144registered voters
- 60%turnout, 2026 round one
- 26.9%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 128,076 voted, 123,877 valid votes
- La gauche unie pour NantesLed by Johanna Rolland · Miscellaneous left 52.2% · 64,644 · 53 seats
- VOTRE NOUVEAU SOUFFLE POUR NANTESLed by Foulques Chombart De Lauwe · Miscellaneous right 47.8% · 59,233 · 16 seats
Round one, 15 March · 122,587 voted, 120,878 valid votes
- La gauche unie pour NantesUnion of the left 35.2% · 42,599
- VOTRE NOUVEAU SOUFFLE POUR NANTESMiscellaneous right 33.8% · 40,815
- Nouvelle NantesFrance Unbowed 11.2% · 13,542
- NANTES MERITE MIEUXMiscellaneous centre 8.1% · 9,819
- Nantes PopulaireMiscellaneous left 5.5% · 6,683
- Pour une Nantes SûreRassemblement National 4.6% · 5,527
- NPA -Révolutionnaires! Nantes ouvrière et RévolutionnaireFar left 0.9% · 1,046
- Lutte ouvrière - Le camp des travailleursFar left 0.7% · 847
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 Nantes
Nantes is a commune in Loire-Atlantique with 203,144 registered voters, the largest of the département's 207 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 60.3% of them voted, more than the 58.3% across Loire-Atlantique, and the list led by Johanna Rolland won 53 of the council's 69 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 33.1%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 29.6%, Greens 10%. National Rally did 15 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 26.9%, with Raphaël Glucksmann on 17%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Nantes from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 26.9% · France 16.8%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 17.0% · France 13.4%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 16.9% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 16.5% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.3% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 7.5% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.4% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.7% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.3% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 33.1% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 29.6% · Greens 10.0% · National Rally 8.1% · Reconquête 6.2%. 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 →
Communes of a similar size in Loire-Atlantique
- Saint-Nazaire52,808 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Saint-Herblain33,016 voters · Union of the left
- Rezé31,464 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Vertou20,790 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire20,680 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Orvault20,644 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Couëron17,531 voters · Miscellaneous right
- La Baule-Escoublac16,873 voters · Union of the right