Merle-Leignec: ensemble pour Merle-Leignec won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Merle-Leignec (Loire, INSEE 42142) has 275 registered voters. Its council has 13 seats; the 2026 municipal election was settled in the first round on 15 March. The next municipal elections are in 2032; the presidential election is on 18 April 2027.
- 275registered voters
- 62%turnout, 2026 round one
- 38.3%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 170 voted, 150 valid votes
- ensemble pour Merle-LeignecNo label (small commune) 100.0% · 150 · 13 seats
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 Merle-Leignec
Merle-Leignec is a commune in Loire with 275 registered voters, the 263rd largest of the département's 316 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 61.8% of them voted, more than the 52.4% across Loire, and ensemble pour Merle-Leignec won 13 of the council's 13 seats in the first round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted National Rally 27.2%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 21.7%, France Unbowed 18.6%. Ensemble (Macron camp) did 6 points worse here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 38.3%, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 12.9%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Merle-Leignec from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 38.3% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 12.9% · France 16.8%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 12.8% · France 7.6%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 11.9% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 10.6% · France 14.3%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 4.5% · France 2.1%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.4% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 3.1% · France 2.0%
- Marine TondelierGreens 1.6% · France 2.9%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.9% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: National Rally 27.2% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 21.7% · France Unbowed 18.6% · Republicans 9.1% · Reconquête 6.8%. 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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