Challans: Alexandre Huvet's list won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
Challans (Vendée, INSEE 85047) has 18,836 registered voters. Its council has 35 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.
- 18,836registered voters
- 61%turnout, 2026 round one
- 36.8%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round two, 22 March · 11,402 voted, 11,130 valid votes
- Challans en GrandLed by Alexandre Huvet · Miscellaneous centre 45.3% · 5,038 · 26 seats
- CHALLANS, VOTRE AVENIR, NOTRE ÉLANLed by Rémi Pascreau · Miscellaneous centre 34.1% · 3,793 · 6 seats
- RASSEMBLEMENT POUR CHALLANSLed by Marie-Amélie Annereau · Rassemblement National 20.7% · 2,299 · 3 seats
Round one, 15 March · 11,415 voted, 11,217 valid votes
- Challans en GrandMiscellaneous centre 41.7% · 4,672
- CHALLANS, VOTRE AVENIR, NOTRE ÉLANMiscellaneous centre 29.6% · 3,317
- RASSEMBLEMENT POUR CHALLANSRassemblement National 21.2% · 2,379
- CHALLANS POUR TOUTES ET TOUS !Miscellaneous left 7.6% · 849
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 Challans from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 36.8% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 19.8% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 13.0% · France 13.4%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 9.4% · France 16.8%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 9.3% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 3.7% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.7% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.6% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.9% · France 2.0%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 35.3% · National Rally 24.5% · France Unbowed 12.9% · Reconquête 7.1% · Republicans 5.9%. 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 Vendée
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- Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez12,511 voters · Miscellaneous centre
- Les Herbiers12,324 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Saint-Jean-de-Monts9,831 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Fontenay-le-Comte9,552 voters · Miscellaneous right
- La Roche-sur-Yon39,187 voters · Miscellaneous left
- Les Sables-d'Olonne42,683 voters · Miscellaneous right
- Talmont-Saint-Hilaire8,132 voters · Miscellaneous right