Castres: Florian Azéma's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Castres (Tarn, INSEE 81065) has 30,623 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.
- 30,623registered voters
- 57%turnout, 2026 round one
- 35.6%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 18,249 voted, 17,833 valid votes
- POUR L'AVENIR DE CASTRESLed by Florian Azéma · Rassemblement National 29.9% · 5,324 · 28 seats
- CASTRES, NOTRE VILLELed by Guillaume Arcese · Miscellaneous centre 23.3% · 4,154 · 5 seats
- UN NOUVEL ÉLAN POUR CASTRESLed by Arnaud Bousquet · Miscellaneous right 22.3% · 3,970 · 5 seats
- CASTRES EN COMMUN !Led by Sahel Beriouni Poitevineau · Union of the left 14.4% · 2,575 · 3 seats
- CASTRES AU COEURLed by Xavier Bories · Miscellaneous right 10.1% · 1,810 · 2 seats
Round one, 15 March · 17,383 voted, 16,741 valid votes
- POUR L'AVENIR DE CASTRESRassemblement National 19.5% · 3,272
- CASTRES, NOTRE VILLEMiscellaneous centre 17.3% · 2,899
- UN NOUVEL ÉLAN POUR CASTRESMiscellaneous right 16.2% · 2,712
- CASTRES ACTIVEMiscellaneous centre 13.8% · 2,311
- CASTRES AU COEURMiscellaneous right 12.8% · 2,142
- CASTRES EN COMMUN !Union of the left 11.9% · 2,000
- Union Populaire pour CastresFar left 8.4% · 1,405
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 Castres
Castres is a commune in Tarn with 30,623 registered voters, the 2nd largest of the département's 314 communes. At the municipal election of March 2026 56.8% of them voted, fewer than the 62.4% across Tarn, and the list led by Florian Azéma won 28 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) 25.6%, National Rally 23%, France Unbowed 20.4%.
Moved to today's national polls, our projection for the 2027 first round here has Marine Le Pen ahead on 35.6%, with Raphaël Glucksmann on 15.8%.
The 2027 presidential election here, round one
Our national forecast for round one, carried down to Castres from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 35.6% · France 34.2%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 15.8% · France 13.4%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 15.2% · France 16.8%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 13.3% · France 14.3%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.2% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 5.4% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.4% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.0% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.6% · France 2.0%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 25.6% · National Rally 23.0% · France Unbowed 20.4% · Reconquête 9.2% · Others 6.1%. 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 Tarn
- Albi33,130 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Gaillac11,196 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Graulhet9,597 voters · Miscellaneous
- Lavaur8,941 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe7,330 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Carmaux7,008 voters · Union of the left
- Mazamet7,006 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Juéry5,066 voters · Miscellaneous left