L'Épine: VIVONS L'ÉPINE won the town hall in 2026; Marine Le Pen would lead here in 2027
L'Épine (Vendée, INSEE 85083) has 1,666 registered voters. Its council has 19 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.
- 1,666registered voters
- 70%turnout, 2026 round one
- 35.1%Marine Le Pen, 2027 round one here (France: 34.2%)
The municipal election, March 2026
Round one, 15 March · 1,169 voted, 1,129 valid votes
- VIVONS L'ÉPINENo label (small commune) 54.3% · 613 · 15 seats
- CAP sur l'AvenirNo label (small commune) 45.7% · 516 · 4 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 L'Épine from how it voted in 2022.
- Marine Le PenNational Rally 35.1% · France 34.2%
- Édouard PhilippeEnsemble (Macron camp) 21.0% · France 14.3%
- Raphaël GlucksmannSocialists 13.4% · France 13.4%
- Jean-Luc MélenchonFrance Unbowed 11.4% · France 16.8%
- Bruno RetailleauRepublicans 8.2% · France 7.6%
- Éric ZemmourReconquête 4.8% · France 3.8%
- Marine TondelierGreens 2.3% · France 2.9%
- Nicolas Dupont-AignanSovereigntists 2.2% · France 2.1%
- Fabien RousselCommunist Party 1.0% · France 2.0%
- Nathalie ArthaudFar left 0.6% · France 0.6%
In 2022, round one here: Ensemble (Macron camp) 36.2% · National Rally 22.5% · France Unbowed 15.2% · Reconquête 8.5% · Republicans 5.0%. 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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