Villeurbanne: Cédric Van Styvendael's list won the town hall in 2026; Jean-Luc Mélenchon would lead here in 2027
Villeurbanne (Rhône, INSEE 69266) has 88,141 registered voters. Its council has 59 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.
- 88,141registered voters
- 51%turnout, 2026 round one
- 30.9%Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2027 round one here (France: 16.8%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 43,500 voted, 42,953 valid votes
- ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEELed by Cédric Van Styvendael · Union of the left 42.6% · 18,292 · 43 seats
- AVEC JEAN-PAUL BRET POUR VILLEURBANNELed by Jean-Paul Bret · Miscellaneous left 17.0% · 7,289 · 5 seats
- Villeurbanne InsoumiseLed by Mathieu Garabedian · France Unbowed 16.8% · 7,212 · 5 seats
- COEUR VILLEURBANNELed by Sophie Cruz · Miscellaneous right 15.0% · 6,447 · 4 seats
- RENDEZ-NOUS VILLEURBANNELed by Gérald Canon · Rassemblement National 8.6% · 3,713 · 2 seats
Round one, 15 March · 45,164 voted, 44,536 valid votes
- ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEEUnion of the left 37.9% · 16,896
- AVEC JEAN-PAUL BRET POUR VILLEURBANNEMiscellaneous left 18.0% · 8,010
- Villeurbanne InsoumiseFrance Unbowed 17.5% · 7,809
- COEUR VILLEURBANNEMiscellaneous right 13.5% · 5,999
- RENDEZ-NOUS VILLEURBANNERassemblement National 11.7% · 5,190
- Lutte ouvrière - Le camp des travailleursFar left 1.4% · 632
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 Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne is a commune in Rhône with 88,141 registered voters, the 2nd largest of the département's 266 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 51.2% of them voted, fewer than the 56.7% across Rhône, and the list led by Cédric Van Styvendael won 43 of the council's 59 seats after a second round.
In the first round of the 2022 presidential election the commune voted France Unbowed 37.9%, Ensemble (Macron camp) 25.8%, National Rally 11.8%. France Unbowed did 16 points better here than across France.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead on 30.9%, with Marine Le Pen on 21.6%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Villeurbanne from how it voted in 2022.
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 30.9% · France 16.8%
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 21.6% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.6% · France 13.4%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 13.8% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 6.0% · France 7.6%
- Marine TondelierGreens 4.4% · France 2.9%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.8% · France 3.8%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.8% · France 2.0%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 1.5% · France 2.1%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.5% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: France Unbowed 37.9% · Ensemble (Macron camp) 25.8% · National Rally 11.8% · Reconquête 7.0% · Greens 6.3%. 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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