Châlons-en-Champagne: Benoist Apparu's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne, INSEE 51108) has 23,483 registered voters. Its council has 43 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.
- 23,483registered voters
- 50%turnout, 2026 round one
- 38.1%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 12,741 voted, 12,495 valid votes
- J'aime ChâlonsLed by Benoist Apparu · Miscellaneous right 34.2% · 4,270 · 29 seats
- L'ESPOIR D'UN AVENIR MEILLEUR POUR CHÂLONS !Led by Achille Bisiaux · Rassemblement National 31.2% · 3,895 · 7 seats
- Pour Châlons, agissons ensemble !Led by Rudy Namur · Union of the left 29.5% · 3,690 · 6 seats
- Châlons Droit au CoeurLed by Gabriel Michel · Miscellaneous right 5.1% · 640 · 1 seat
Round one, 15 March · 11,663 voted, 11,433 valid votes
- J'aime ChâlonsMiscellaneous right 29.5% · 3,370
- L'ESPOIR D'UN AVENIR MEILLEUR POUR CHÂLONS !Rassemblement National 26.9% · 3,073
- Pour Châlons, agissons ensemble !Union of the left 24.9% · 2,845
- Châlons Droit au CoeurMiscellaneous right 10.2% · 1,168
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR CHÂLONSFar left 5.0% · 575
- Ensemble, gagnons à gaucheCommunist 3.5% · 402
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 Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne is a commune in Marne with 23,483 registered voters, the 2nd largest of the département's 610 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 49.7% of them voted, fewer than the 51.9% across Marne, and the list led by Benoist Apparu won 29 of the council's 43 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted Ensemble (Macron camp) 26.2%, National Rally 25.7%, France Unbowed 21.4%.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 38.1%, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 15.5%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Châlons-en-Champagne from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 38.1% · France 34.2%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 15.5% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 13.3% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 13.2% · France 13.4%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.0% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.6% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.8% · France 2.0%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.6% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.3% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.7% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 26.2% · National Rally 25.7% · France Unbowed 21.4% · Reconquête 6.9% · Republicans 5.0%. 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 →
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