Varennes-Vauzelles: Eliane Desabre's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Varennes-Vauzelles (Nièvre, INSEE 58303) has 6,829 registered voters. Its council has 29 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.
- 6,829registered voters
- 59%turnout, 2026 round one
- 38.0%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 4,053 voted, 3,926 valid votes
- TOUJOURS UNIS POUR VARENNES VAUZELLESLed by Eliane Desabre · Miscellaneous left 44.6% · 1,752 · 22 seats
- L'AVENIR DE VARENNES VAUZELLESLed by Jerome Beroud · Miscellaneous centre 37.1% · 1,457 · 5 seats
- UNION POUR VARENNES-VAUZELLESLed by Paul Leger · Union of the far right 18.3% · 717 · 2 seats
Round one, 15 March · 4,002 voted, 3,849 valid votes
- TOUJOURS UNIS POUR VARENNES VAUZELLESMiscellaneous left 42.3% · 1,627
- L'AVENIR DE VARENNES VAUZELLESMiscellaneous centre 34.7% · 1,337
- UNION POUR VARENNES-VAUZELLESUnion of the far right 23.0% · 885
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%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Varennes-Vauzelles from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 38.0% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.6% · France 13.4%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 13.6% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 13.4% · France 14.3%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 6.0% · France 2.0%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 5.4% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.9% · France 3.8%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.3% · France 2.1%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.0% · France 2.9%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.9% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 26.9% · National Rally 26.1% · France Unbowed 19.1% · Communist Party 6.6% · Reconquête 5.6%. 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 Nièvre
- Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire7,178 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Decize3,458 voters · Miscellaneous left
- La Charité-sur-Loire3,234 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Marzy3,083 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Coulanges-lès-Nevers2,834 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Fourchambault2,795 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Garchizy2,778 voters · Miscellaneous left
- La Machine2,517 voters · No label (small commune)