Watten: Le devenir pour Watten won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Watten (Nord, INSEE 59647) has 2,030 registered voters. Its council has 23 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.
- 2,030registered voters
- 63%turnout, 2026 round one
- 59.6%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 1,275 voted, 1,242 valid votes
- Le devenir pour WattenNo label (small commune) 56.5% · 702 · 18 seats
- Objectif WattenNo label (small commune) 43.5% · 540 · 5 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%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Watten from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 59.6% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 11.2% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 9.2% · France 14.3%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 9.2% · France 16.8%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 3.0% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 2.6% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 2.2% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.3% · France 2.1%
- Marine TondelierGreens 0.9% · France 2.9%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.7% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: National Rally 47.8% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 20.2% · France Unbowed 14.1% · Reconquête 5.6% · Communist Party 2.7%. 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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- Verlinghem2,002 voters · No label (small commune)
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- Genech2,069 voters · No label (small commune)
- Monchecourt1,989 voters · No label (small commune)