Dumbéa: the 2026 municipal election
Dumbéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie, INSEE 98805) has 24,283 registered voters. Its council has 39 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.
- 24,283registered voters
- 52%turnout, 2026 round one
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 13,373 voted, 13,136 valid votes
- UNIR POUR l'AVENIRLed by Cynthia Jan Née Metzdorf · Miscellaneous right 45.3% · 5,955 · 29 seats
- DUMBEA AVANT TOUT!Led by Yoann Lecourieux · Miscellaneous right 19.9% · 2,608 · 4 seats
- DUMBEA, AU SERVICE DU PEUPLELed by Rachel Aucher · Regionalist 14.6% · 1,920 · 3 seats
- PASSIONNEMENT DUMBEALed by Muriel Malfar-Pauga · Miscellaneous right 10.9% · 1,436 · 2 seats
- DUMBEA COLLECTIFLed by Vaimua Muliava · Miscellaneous centre 9.3% · 1,217 · 1 seat
Round one, 15 March · 12,513 voted, 12,180 valid votes
- UNIR POUR l'AVENIRMiscellaneous right 39.6% · 4,826
- DUMBEA AVANT TOUT!Miscellaneous right 19.0% · 2,312
- DUMBEA, AU SERVICE DU PEUPLERegionalist 14.3% · 1,737
- PASSIONNEMENT DUMBEAMiscellaneous right 13.5% · 1,647
- DUMBEA COLLECTIFMiscellaneous centre 11.0% · 1,337
- UNI SOLIDARITE DUMBEARegionalist 2.6% · 321
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 Dumbéa
Dumbéa is a commune in Nouvelle-Calédonie with 24,283 registered voters, the 2nd largest of the département's 33 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 51.5% of them voted, fewer than the 56.1% across Nouvelle-Calédonie, and the list led by Cynthia Jan Née Metzdorf won 29 of the council's 39 seats after a second round.
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