2020_French_municipal_elections
The 2020 French municipal elections were held from 15 March to 28 June to renew the municipal councils of the approximately 35,000 French communes. The first round took place on 15 March and the second round was postponed to 28 June[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Municipal elections in France result in the renewal of the members of municipal councils in every commune, and are held every 6 years. With the exception of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, the electoral subdivision is the commune itself. In Paris, separate elections are held for each arrondissement, as is the case in Lyon, where elections are also held by arrondissement; in Marseille, elections are held within sectors containing two arrondissements each.[3]
Election is open to European citizens living in the country, but since 2020, 800 English/British people have lost their electoral capacities due to Brexit.[4]
The number of municipal councillors within each commune is dependent upon its population, from a minimum of 7 for communes with a population less than 100 to 69 for those with a population of 300,000 or more (with the exception of the three largest cities). The electoral system within each commune is also dependent on its population.[3]
In communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, two-round majority-at-large voting with panachage is used, with candidates elected in the first round should they receive an absolute majority of votes cast and at least a quarter of the number of individuals registered on the electoral rolls. The remaining seats are filled in the second round, in which only a plurality of votes is required to be elected. The requirement for gender parity is also void in these smaller communes.[5]
In communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants, electoral lists contest a two-round proportional representation system with a majority bonus. Should a list receive an absolute majority of votes cast in the first round, it will receive half of all seats and the rest of the seats will be distributed proportionally among electoral lists with at least 5% of votes using the D'Hondt method. If a second round is necessitated, only lists which received at least 10% of valid votes in the first round proceed, and may merge with other lists which received at least 5% of votes cast in the first round. Seats are then allocated using the same method as the first round, guaranteeing a majority for the list with a relative majority of votes.[6]
In the three largest cities, the election of municipal councils and arrondissement councils takes place simultaneously, and follow the same electoral method as that for communes with 1,000 or more inhabitants within each electoral division (whether arrondissement or sector). Mayors are elected in a two-round secret ballot requiring an absolute majority, and otherwise with a plurality of votes from municipal councillors if a third round is required.[3]
The election of councillors to intercommunal structures also takes place concurrently with the municipal elections; in communes with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, they are chosen "in the order of the table" (mayors, deputy mayors, and councillors), while in larger communes, they are elected simultaneously.[5][6]
The number of municipal councillors elected in each commune is determined as a function of its population, ranging from 7 to 69 in all communes except for the three largest cities.[7]
| Population | <100 | <500 | <1,500 | <2,500 | <3,500 | <5,000 | <10,000 | <20,000 | <30,000 | <40,000 | <50,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal councillors | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 43 |
| Population | <60,000 | <80,000 | <100,000 | <150,000 | <200,000 | <250,000 | <300,000 | >300,000 | Lyon | Marseille | Paris |
| Municipal councillors | 45 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 101 | 163 |
National
The Harris Interactive poll was based on communes with a population of at least 10,000.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Abs. | LO | NPA | PCF | FI | G.s | PS | EELV | DVG | LREM | MoDem | UDI | LR | DVD | DLF | RN | LP | DIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odoxa[8] | 22–23 January 2020 | 1,002 | 25% | – | – | – | 7% | – | 11% | 13.5% | – | 18% | – | – | 13.5% | – | – | 14% | – | 19% |
| Harris Interactive | 22 May–7 Jun 2018 | 1,674 | – | 2% | 9% | 2% | 19% | 27% | 5% | 18% | 5% | 13% | <0.5% | – | ||||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 36.45% | 0.60% | 3.13% | – | 18.01% | 1.16% | 15.88% | – | 0.97% | 2.33% | 18.51% | 24.57% | (DVD) | 4.76% | – | 10.09% | ||
By commune
Bordeaux
The April 2018 and May 2019 Ifop polls were commissioned by Esprit Bordeaux, an association founded by supporters of Alain Juppé, later backing Nicolas Florian.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Prud'homme LFI |
Darchy LFI |
Rouveyre PS |
Hurmic EELV |
Feltesse DVG |
Cazenave LREM |
Fabre LREM |
Florian LR |
Juppé DVD |
Jay RN |
Colombier RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop | 9–13 May 2019 | 600 | 13% | – | 7% | 14% | 8% | 8% | – | 45% | – | 5% | – | <0.5% |
| Ifop | 20–28 Apr 2018 | 800 | – | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | – | 9% | – | 51% | – | 2% | – |
| – | 10% | 11% | 9% | 9% | – | 56% (Juppé) | – | 5% | – | |||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 4.59% | 22.58% (Feltesse) | – | – | – | 60.94% | – | 6.06% | 5.81% | |||
Lille
First round
The March 2019 OpinionWay poll was sponsored by The Republicans, while La République En Marche! commissioned the BVA poll conducted in October 2018, which did not specify a specific LR candidate.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
EXG | Bocquet PCF |
Quatennens LFI |
Aubry PS |
Baly EELV |
Spillebout LREM |
Petit LREM |
Darmanin LREM |
Castelain DVD |
Daubresse LR |
Cattelin-DenuRN | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpinionWay | Mar 2019 | 836 | – | – | 14% | 22% | – | 5% | 11% | – | – | 18% | – | – |
| BVA | 15–20 Oct 2018 | 699 | <0.5% | 3% | 10% | 15% | 16% | – | – | 17% | 7% | 14% | 17% | – |
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 6.12% | 6.16% | 34.85% | 11.08% | – | – | – | – | 22.73% | 17.15% | 1.87% | |
Second round
Lyon
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Perrin-Gilbert LFI |
Doucet EELV |
Runel PS |
Collomb LREM |
Képénékian LREM |
Kimelfeld LREM |
Blanc LR |
Marion RN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop-Fiducial | 28 Sep–3 Oct 2018 | 802 | 14% | 16% | 10% | 31% | – | – | 18% | 11% |
| 14% | 17% | 11% | – | 28% | – | 19% | 11% | |||
| 15% | 17% | 11% | – | – | 27% | 19% | 11% | |||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 7.56% | 8.90% | 35.76% (Collomb) | – | – | 30.49% | 12.19% | |
Marseille
The February 2019 Ifop poll was commissioned by Génération engagement, the financing association of Bruno Gilles, the PollingVox polls by l'Association des Amis de Martine Vassal (with Bruno Gilles as a miscellaneous right candidate in June 2019), and the February 2018 Ifop poll by Cap sur l'avenir 13, the micro-party of Renaud Muselier.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Coppola PCF |
Camard LFI |
Mélenchon LFI |
Payan PS |
Ghali PS |
Ahamada LREM |
Castaner LREM |
Muselier LR |
Boyer LR |
Vassal LR |
Gilles DVD |
Ravier RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PollingVox | 11–15 Jun 2019 | 1,003 | 4% | 14% | – | – | 13% | 9% | – | – | – | 29% | 10% | 21% | – |
| 5% | 14% | – | – | 16% | 39% (Vassal) | 26% | – | ||||||||
| Ifop | 20–23 Feb 2019 | 803 | 4% | 12% | – | – | 19% | 15% | – | – | – | – | 27% | 21% | 2% |
| Elabe | 6–12 Sep 2018 | 1,001 | 3.5% | – | 19% | – | 16% | – | 17.5% | 27.5% | – | – | – | 16.5% | – |
| 3.5% | – | 19% | – | 14.5% | – | 14% | – | – | 34% | – | 15% | – | |||
| PollingVox | 14–18 Jun 2018 | 1,004 | 3% | – | 21% | – | 14% | – | 17% | – | – | 25% | – | 20% | – |
| Ifop | 2–5 Feb 2018 | 700 | 2% | – | 21% | – | 14% | – | 20% | 26% | – | – | – | 17% | – |
| 2% | – | 21% | – | 13% | – | 22% | – | 24% | – | – | 18% | – | |||
| 2% | – | 22% | – | 13% | – | 20% | – | – | 24% | – | 19% | – | |||
| 4% | – | 22% | 10% | 44% (Muselier) | – | – | – | 20% | – | ||||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 7.10% (Coppola) | 20.77% (Mennucci) | – | – | 37.64% (Gaudin) | 23.16% | 11.33% | ||||||
Marseille's 5th sector
The May 2019 BVA poll was commissioned by Les amis de Lionel Royer-Perreaut, the micro-party of its namesake.
Montpellier
The March 2018 Ifop poll was commissioned by Mohed Altrad.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
EXG | Ressiguier LFI |
Doulain LFI |
Ollier ECO |
Delafosse PS |
Saurel DVG |
Vignal LREM | Altrad DIV |
Gaillard DIV |
Larue LR |
Francis UDI |
Jamet RN |
Rokvam RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Interactive | 7–11 Jan 2020 | 616 | <0.5% | - | 10% | 19% | 10% | 18% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 6% | - | - | 10% | 5% |
| Ifop | 27–31 Mar 2018 | 662 | 2% | 17% | - | - | 12% | 32% (Saurel) | 15% | - | 8% | 3% | 11% | - | <0.5% | |
| 2% | 16% | - | - | 12% | 29% | 20% (Altrad) | - | 6% | 4% | 11% | - | <0.5% | ||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | 3.18% | 7.56% | - | - | 22.93% | 25.27% | – | – | - | 22.71% | 4.52% | 13.80% | - | – | |
Mulhouse
The September 2018 OpinionWay poll was paid for by the city of Mulhouse and the outgoing majority led by Michèle Lutz.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Wostyn LO |
Minery EELV |
Schweitzer PS |
Million LREM |
Lutz LR |
Ritz RN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpinionWay | 24 Sep–1 Oct 2018 | 1,003 | 4% | 17% | 12% | 10% | 44% | 13% |
| 5% | 18% | 12% | 50% (Lutz–Rottner) | 15% | ||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 1.53% | 3.05% | 31.39% | – | 42.16% | 21.85% |
Nancy
The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).
First round
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Nimsgern LO |
Jouira LFI |
Klein PS |
Maguin EELV |
Hénart MR |
Morano LR |
Hervé DVD |
Eury RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop | 13–15 Jun 2019 | 603 | 0.5% | 8% | 25% | 20% | 28% | 8% | 2% | 8% | 0.5% |
| <0.5% | 8% | 24% | 20% | 36% (Hénart) | 3% | 9% | <0.5% | ||||
| 0.5% | 8% | 41% (Klein) | 37% | 3% | 10% | 0.5% | |||||
Second round
Nanterre
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Eisenberg NPA |
Morain FI |
Jarry PCF |
Coulondre LREM |
Bedin LR |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Interactive | 18–23 Jan 2019 | 615 | 3% | 7% | 54% | 12% | 24% | – |
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 2.77% | 53.84% | – | 39.65% | 3.73% | |
Nantes
The June 2019 Ifop poll was conducted on behalf of the Socialist Party (PS).
First round
Second round
Nice
First round
The Ifop poll conducted in December 2017 tested a "miscellaneous right and centre of the municipal majority" list led by Christian Estrosi in the event that Éric Ciotti headed a list representing The Republicans (LR) as well as considering Robert Injey as heading a list for La France Insoumise, and was commissioned by Les Amis de Christian Estrosi.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Abs. | Injey PCF |
Damiano LFI |
Allemand PS–EELV |
Roussel LREM |
Estrosi LR |
Ciotti LR |
Kandel CNIP |
Vardon RN |
Arnautu RN |
Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop | 3–5 Apr 2019 | 602 | – | 2% | 6% | 17% | 6% | – | – | 51% | – | – | 17% | – | 1% |
| 2% | 4% | 15% | 5% | – | 35% | – | 27% | – | 12% | – | <0.5% | ||||
| 2% | 4% | 16% | – | – | 37% | – | 29% | – | 11% | – | 1% | ||||
| 2% | 8% | 18% | 13% | – | – | – | 44% | – | 14% | – | 1% | ||||
| 2% | 6% | 15% | 6% | – | – | 47% | – | 6% | 17% | – | 1% | ||||
| Elabe | 18–23 Mar 2019 | 709 | 39% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 15% | 7% | – | 28% | – | 27% | – | 16% | – | – |
| 2% | 4.5% | 15.5% | 6% | – | 26.5% | – | 27.5% | 3.5% | 14.5% | – | – | ||||
| 2% | 4.5% | 16.5% | – | 32% | – | – | 29% | – | 16% | – | – | ||||
| 2% | 4.5% | 16% | – | 31% | – | – | 27% | 3% | 16.5% | – | – | ||||
| Ifop | 4–6 Dec 2017 | 604 | – | – | 8% | 10% | 15% | – | – | 47% | – | – | – | 17% | 3% |
| – | 8% | 10% | 12% | – | 37% | – | 20% | – | – | 12% | 1% | ||||
| – | 9% | 11% | – | – | 40% | – | 26% | – | – | 12% | 2% | ||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 45.82% | 5.38% (Injey) | 15.25% | – | – | – | 44.98% | – | 10.12% | 4.43% | 15.59% | 4.22% | |
Second round
Nîmes
First round
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Voinchet LFI |
Bouger PCF |
Cadène PS |
Bouad PS |
Tebib LREM |
Lachaud LC |
Fournier LR |
Gillet RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpinionWay | 28 Mar–1 Apr 2019 | 502 | 10% | 11% | 10% | – | 8% | 18% | 24% | 19% | – |
| 12% | 16% (Bouad) | 26% (Lachaud) | 27% | 19% | – | ||||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 12.04% | 14.73% (Dumas) | – | – | 37.18% | 21.77% | 14.27% | ||
Second round
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Bouget PCF |
Bouad PS |
Tebib LREM |
Lachaud LC |
Fournier LR |
Gillet RN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpinionWay | 28 Mar–1 Apr 2019 | 502 | 28% | – | 12% | – | 39% | 21% |
| – | 34% | – | 38% | – | 28% | |||
| 2014 election | 30 Mar 2014 | – | 14.83% | 13.94% | – | – | 46.80% | 24.41% |
Paris
The March 2019 Ifop poll did not name a specific EELV candidate. The January 2019 Viavoice poll was conducted for La République En Marche!, and did not test any potential candidates other than Benjamin Griveaux. The September 2018 Ifop poll scenario including Cédric Villani was commissioned by CFHJ, owned by a friend of Villani, and the June 2019 Ifop poll was also conducted on behalf of Villani.
First round
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Abs. | EXG | Simonnet| LFI |
Gantzer PP |
Hidalgo PS |
Belliard EELV |
Bayou EELV |
Griveaux LREM |
Villani DVC |
Mahjoubi LREM |
Renson LREM |
Dati LR |
Berthout LR |
Bournazel Agir |
Federbusch Aimer Paris |
Saint-Just RN |
Marcel Campion DIV |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop | 20–27 Jun 2019 | 951 | – | 1% | 5% | 2% | 24% | 14% | – | 27% | – | – | – | 16% | – | 5% | 5% | – | <0.5% | 1% |
| 1% | 6% | 1.5% | 23% | 15% | – | – | 26% | – | – | 15% | – | 6% | 5% | – | 0.5% | 1% | ||||
| BVA Archived 2019-06-21 at the Wayback Machine | 6–11 Jun 2019 | 1,294 | – | 1.5% | 5% | 3% | 21% | 13% | – | 25% | – | – | – | 15% | – | 5% | 5% | – | 1% | 5.5% |
| 1.5% | 5% | 3% | 21% | 13% | – | – | 25% | – | – | 15% | – | 5% | 5% | – | 1% | 5.5% | ||||
| 1.5% | 5% | 3% | 21% | 13% | – | – | – | 22% | – | 16% | – | 6% | 5% | – | 1% | 6.5% | ||||
| Elabe | 28–31 Mar 2019 | 999 | 51% | 1% | 8.5% | 4% | 22% | – | 9.5% | 21% | – | – | – | 19.5% | – | 5% | 4.5% | – | 0.5% | 4.5% |
| 1.5% | 9% | 4.5% | 21.5% | – | 10% | 23% | – | – | – | – | 15% | 4% | 4.5% | – | 1.5% | 5.5% | ||||
| 2.5% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 22% | – | 7.5% | – | 20% | – | – | 21% | – | 4.5% | 4.5% | – | 1.5% | 5.5% | ||||
| 1.5% | 8.5% | 3.5% | 25% | – | 8.5% | – | 21% | – | – | – | 14.5% | 4.5% | 5% | – | 1.5% | 6.5% | ||||
| 1% | 8.5% | 4.5% | 21% | – | 10.5% | – | – | 14% | – | 23% | – | 5% | 5% | – | 1.5% | 6% | ||||
| 1% | 8% | 6.5% | 22% | – | 10% | – | – | 17.5% | – | – | 16.5% | 5.5% | 4.5% | – | 1.5% | 7% | ||||
| Ifop-Fiducial | 14–21 Mar 2019 | 956 | – | 1% | 8% | 3% | 24% | – | 10% | 22% | – | – | – | 16% | – | 7% | – | 6% | 1% | 2% |
| 1% | 8% | 4.5% | 25% | – | 10% | 23% | – | – | – | – | 14% | 4.5% | – | 7% | 1% | 2% | ||||
| 1% | 8% | 5% | 24% | – | 10% | – | 20% | – | – | 15% | – | 6% | – | 6.5% | 1% | 3.5% | ||||
| 1% | 8% | 5% | 23% | – | 11% | – | – | 20% | – | 15% | – | 7% | – | 6% | 1% | 3% | ||||
| Viavoice | 7–25 Jan 2019 | 2,037 | – | 3% | 8% | – | 24% | – | 13% | 28% | – | – | – | – | 17% | – | – | 4% | – | 3% |
| Ifop | 12–14 Sep 2018 | 944 | – | 1% | 7% | 4% | 23% | – | 9% | 23% | – | – | – | – | 21% | – | – | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| 2% | 7% | 5% | 24% | – | 8% | – | – | 20% | – | – | 23% | – | – | 6% | 1% | 4% | ||||
| 2% | 7% | 5% | 25% | – | 11% | – | – | – | 17% | – | 22% | – | – | 6% | 1% | 4% | ||||
| Ifop | 1% | 8% | 4% | 23% | – | 9% | – | 23% | – | – | – | 21% | – | – | 6% | 1% | 4% | |||
| Ifop-Fiducial | 19–22 Mar 2018 | 973 | – | 1% | 11% | – | 29% (Hidalgo) | 32% | – | – | – | – | 21% | – | – | 6% | – | – | ||
| 2% | 12% | – | 41% (Hidalgo) | – | 38% | – | – | 7% | – | – | ||||||||||
| 2% | 12% | – | 39% (Hidalgo) | 40% (Berthout) | – | – | 7% | – | – | |||||||||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 43.73% | 1.10% | 4.94% | – | 34.40% | 8.86% | – | – | – | – | 35.91% | – | – | 6.26% | – | 8.79% | ||
Second round
Perpignan
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
EXG | Assens FI |
Fiter PCF |
Neuville PS |
Langevine EELV |
Ripoull DIV |
Grau LREM |
Pujol LR |
Amiel LR |
Aliot RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifop | 15–20 Mar 2019 | 703 | 1% | 5% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 9% | 16% | 16% | – | 29% | 2% |
| 2% | 6% | 4% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 17% | – | 13% | 27% | 2% | |||
| 1% | 5% | 3% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 27% (Pujol) | 29% | 3% | |||||
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 3.26% | – | 11.87% (Cresta) | 5.66% | 9.62% | – | 30.67% | – | 34.18% | 4.72% | |
Toulon
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Abs. | Defrance LO |
de Ubeda PCF |
Léandri LFI |
Driquez PS |
Rebec EELV |
Lesage AEI |
Muschotti LREM |
Maginot AC |
Falco LR |
Perrot DLF |
Navaranne RN |
Michel EXD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elabe | 18–23 Mar 2019 | 706 | 37% | 1% | 2% | 3.5% | 4% | 5.5% | 2% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 57% | 2.5% | 15% | 2.5% |
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 47.78% | 0.81% | 4.01% (de Ubeda) | 10.11% (Alfonsi) | 3.05% | – | – | 59.26% | – | 20.47% | 2.26% | ||
Toulouse
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
Abs. | EXG | Bompard LFI |
Sellin LFI |
Raynal PS |
Pellefigue UNE |
Maurice EELV |
Nogal LREM |
Portarrieu LREM |
Moudenc LR |
Lamotte RN |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA[permanent dead link] | 6–9 May 2019 | 671 | 41% | 2% | 10% | – | 12% | 5% | 16% | 8% | – | 36% | 8% | 3% |
| 2% | 11% | – | 13% | 5% | 16% | 40% (Moudenc) | 9% | 4% | ||||||
| Ifop | 12–17 Apr 2019 | 608 | – | 1% | – | 11% | 15% | 6% | 14% | – | 9% | 36% | 7% | 1% |
| 2014 election | 23 Mar 2014 | – | 47.78% | 2.30% | 5.10% | 32.26% | – | 6.98% | – | – | 38.19% | 8.15% | 7.00% | |
| Commune | Mayor | RN | LREM–MoDem | EELV | LR–LC | FI | PS–PP–ND | DLF–CNIP | G.s | UDI | PCF | PA | GE–MEI–MdP | UPR | LO | LP | AJ | Others | T/o | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||
| Aix-en-Provence | LR | 7,644 | 17.64 | 12,605 | 29.10 | 7,311 | 16.88 | 4,396 | 10.15 | 2,420 | 5.59 | 2,505 | 5.78 | 899 | 2.08 | 1,080 | 2.49 | 893 | 2.06 | 769 | 1.78 | 669 | 1.54 | 754 | 1.74 | 523 | 1.21 | 137 | 0.32 | 154 | 0.36 | 156 | 0.36 | 407 | 0.94 | 49.78 | |
| Amiens | UDI | 6,647 | 20.48 | 8,296 | 25.56 | 4,116 | 12.68 | 1,799 | 5.54 | 3,410 | 10.51 | 1,676 | 5.16 | 829 | 2.55 | 1,229 | 3.79 | 848 | 2.61 | 878 | 2.71 | 852 | 2.63 | 651 | 2.01 | 341 | 1.05 | 230 | 0.71 | 187 | 0.58 | 118 | 0.36 | 346 | 1.07 | 46.92 | |
| Angers | DVD | 5,217 | 11.95 | 12,299 | 28.16 | 8,243 | 18.88 | 4,293 | 9.83 | 2,176 | 4.98 | 3,565 | 8.16 | 879 | 2.01 | 1,961 | 4.49 | 1,117 | 2.56 | 815 | 1.87 | 765 | 1.75 | 912 | 2.09 | 439 | 1.01 | 318 | 0.73 | 68 | 0.16 | 161 | 0.37 | 441 | 1.01 | 50.29 | |
| Annecy | UDI | 5,663 | 14.13 | 11,670 | 29.11 | 7,719 | 19.25 | 3,969 | 9.90 | 1,677 | 4.18 | 2,592 | 6.47 | 1,083 | 2.70 | 1,066 | 2.66 | 999 | 2.49 | 540 | 1.35 | 672 | 1.68 | 920 | 2.29 | 443 | 1.10 | 196 | 0.49 | 178 | 0.44 | 149 | 0.37 | 555 | 1.38 | 51.22 | |
| Argenteuil | LR | 3,393 | 18.34 | 3,822 | 20.66 | 2,192 | 11.85 | 949 | 5.13 | 2,254 | 12.18 | 1,087 | 5.88 | 494 | 2.67 | 1,159 | 6.27 | 425 | 2.30 | 727 | 3.93 | 426 | 2.30 | 419 | 2.26 | 354 | 1.91 | 222 | 1.20 | 141 | 0.76 | 94 | 0.51 | 341 | 1.84 | 36.19 | |
| Besançon | REM | 4,551 | 14.39 | 7,594 | 24.02 | 5,892 | 18.63 | 2,600 | 8.22 | 2,565 | 8.11 | 2,433 | 7.69 | 663 | 2.10 | 1,288 | 4.07 | 600 | 1.90 | 907 | 2.87 | 622 | 1.97 | 722 | 2.28 | 350 | 1.11 | 236 | 0.75 | 169 | 0.53 | 120 | 0.38 | 308 | 0.97 | 48.65 | |
| Bordeaux | LR | 7,167 | 9.40 | 22,476 | 29.47 | 16,434 | 21.55 | 6,879 | 9.02 | 4,725 | 6.20 | 6,481 | 8.50 | 1,017 | 1.33 | 3,214 | 4.21 | 1,363 | 1.79 | 1,617 | 2.12 | 1,064 | 1.40 | 1,501 | 1.97 | 832 | 1.09 | 335 | 0.44 | 236 | 0.31 | 209 | 0.27 | 714 | 0.94 | 51.90 | |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | LR | 3,094 | 7.54 | 16,760 | 40.86 | 5,485 | 13.37 | 6,622 | 16.14 | 1,134 | 2.76 | 2,039 | 4.97 | 592 | 1.44 | 925 | 2.26 | 1,060 | 2.58 | 407 | 0.99 | 702 | 1.71 | 665 | 1.62 | 412 | 1.00 | 82 | 0.20 | 53 | 0.13 | 88 | 0.21 | 899 | 2.19 | 58.90 | |
| Brest | PS | 5,931 | 14.83 | 9,297 | 23.24 | 7,370 | 18.43 | 2,534 | 6.34 | 2,927 | 7.32 | 3,591 | 8.98 | 728 | 1.82 | 2,507 | 6.27 | 767 | 1.92 | 926 | 2.32 | 621 | 1.55 | 669 | 1.67 | 468 | 1.17 | 283 | 0.71 | 102 | 0.26 | 102 | 0.26 | 1,173 | 2.93 | 49.36 | |
| Caen | LR | 3,808 | 12.56 | 8,128 | 26.80 | 5,708 | 18.82 | 2,458 | 8.10 | 1,985 | 6.54 | 2,587 | 8.53 | 594 | 1.96 | 1,509 | 4.98 | 647 | 2.13 | 636 | 2.10 | 570 | 1.88 | 604 | 1.99 | 312 | 1.03 | 216 | 0.71 | 151 | 0.50 | 118 | 0.39 | 299 | 0.99 | 55.39 | |
| Clermont-Ferrand | PS | 4,850 | 14.43 | 7,761 | 23.09 | 5,245 | 15.61 | 2,722 | 8.10 | 2,634 | 7.84 | 2,915 | 8.67 | 550 | 1.64 | 1,735 | 5.16 | 1,238 | 3.68 | 1,197 | 3.56 | 740 | 2.20 | 468 | 1.39 | 385 | 1.15 | 255 | 0.76 | 160 | 0.48 | 167 | 0.50 | 583 | 1.73 | 48.49 | |
| Dijon | PS | 6,575 | 15.43 | 10,893 | 25.56 | 7,127 | 16.72 | 3,866 | 9.07 | 2,756 | 6.47 | 3,209 | 7.53 | 1,103 | 2.59 | 1,593 | 3.74 | 959 | 2.25 | 840 | 1.97 | 1,135 | 2.66 | 966 | 2.27 | 505 | 1.18 | 291 | 0.68 | 213 | 0.50 | 150 | 0.35 | 436 | 1.02 | 52.96 | |
| Grenoble | EELV | 4,809 | 11.71 | 9,836 | 23.96 | 9,181 | 22.36 | 2,581 | 6.29 | 3,224 | 7.85 | 3,851 | 9.38 | 600 | 1.46 | 2,193 | 5.34 | 710 | 1.73 | 1,120 | 2.73 | 612 | 1.49 | 753 | 1.83 | 425 | 1.04 | 276 | 0.67 | 151 | 0.37 | 92 | 0.22 | 646 | 1.57 | 50.00 | |
| Le Havre | LR | 10,063 | 22.55 | 9,592 | 21.50 | 5,810 | 13.02 | 2,319 | 5.20 | 4,094 | 9.18 | 2,510 | 5.63 | 1,153 | 2.58 | 1,144 | 2.56 | 928 | 2.08 | 2,598 | 5.82 | 1,043 | 2.34 | 623 | 1.40 | 530 | 1.19 | 301 | 0.67 | 322 | 0.72 | 224 | 0.50 | 1,366 | 3.06 | 44.78 | |
| Le Mans | PS | 7,330 | 16.93 | 10,076 | 23.27 | 6,892 | 15.92 | 3,529 | 8.15 | 3,099 | 7.16 | 3,843 | 8.87 | 1,193 | 2.75 | 1,574 | 3.63 | 936 | 2.16 | 1,104 | 2.55 | 713 | 1.65 | 662 | 1.53 | 336 | 0.78 | 494 | 1.14 | 132 | 0.30 | 235 | 0.54 | 1,156 | 2.67 | 50.81 | |
| Lille | PS | 7,599 | 13.85 | 12,119 | 22.08 | 11,917 | 21.71 | 2,732 | 4.98 | 5,637 | 10.27 | 4,562 | 8.31 | 788 | 1.44 | 2,768 | 5.04 | 950 | 1.73 | 1,479 | 2.69 | 1,147 | 2.09 | 1,057 | 1.93 | 639 | 1.16 | 406 | 0.74 | 245 | 0.45 | 168 | 0.31 | 671 | 1.22 | 45.82 | |
| Limoges | LR | 6,586 | 17.53 | 8,548 | 22.75 | 4,816 | 12.82 | 3,537 | 9.41 | 2,839 | 7.56 | 3,701 | 9.85 | 868 | 2.31 | 1,801 | 4.79 | 698 | 1.86 | 1,276 | 3.40 | 936 | 2.49 | 632 | 1.68 | 372 | 0.99 | 328 | 0.87 | 158 | 0.42 | 211 | 0.56 | 270 | 0.72 | 52.36 | |
| Lyon | REM | 15,551 | 10.25 | 43,632 | 28.76 | 31,865 | 21.00 | 15,739 | 10.37 | 8,904 | 5.87 | 11,304 | 7.45 | 2,330 | 1.54 | 5,852 | 3.86 | 3,520 | 2.32 | 3,178 | 2.09 | 2,225 | 1.47 | 3,006 | 1.98 | 1,517 | 1.00 | 726 | 0.48 | 398 | 0.26 | 312 | 0.21 | 1,668 | 1.10 | 57.32 | |
| Marseille | LR | 55,974 | 26.31 | 43,803 | 20.59 | 29,120 | 13.69 | 17,583 | 8.26 | 17,521 | 8.23 | 10,993 | 5.17 | 5,161 | 2.43 | 6,452 | 3.03 | 3,041 | 1.43 | 7,285 | 3.42 | 3,141 | 1.48 | 3,644 | 1.71 | 2,819 | 1.32 | 1,005 | 0.47 | 1,314 | 0.62 | 1,008 | 0.47 | 2,920 | 1.37 | 43.79 | |
| Metz | PS | 5,983 | 20.08 | 7,376 | 24.75 | 4,504 | 15.12 | 2,364 | 7.93 | 1,470 | 4.93 | 2,227 | 7.47 | 922 | 3.09 | 1,074 | 3.60 | 656 | 2.20 | 647 | 2.17 | 727 | 2.44 | 482 | 1.62 | 345 | 1.16 | 234 | 0.79 | 171 | 0.57 | 115 | 0.39 | 501 | 1.68 | 44.06 | |
| Montpellier | DVG | 10,421 | 15.33 | 15,479 | 22.77 | 13,282 | 19.53 | 4,229 | 6.22 | 6,716 | 9.88 | 5,650 | 8.31 | 1,083 | 1.59 | 2,964 | 4.36 | 929 | 1.37 | 1,734 | 2.55 | 1,121 | 1.65 | 1,705 | 2.51 | 984 | 1.45 | 355 | 0.52 | 273 | 0.40 | 315 | 0.46 | 752 | 1.11 | 46.30 | |
| Montreuil | PCF | 2,383 | 8.97 | 4,291 | 16.16 | 6,454 | 24.31 | 754 | 2.84 | 3,384 | 12.74 | 2,229 | 8.39 | 386 | 1.45 | 1,890 | 7.12 | 361 | 1.36 | 2,293 | 8.64 | 481 | 1.81 | 530 | 2.00 | 347 | 1.31 | 261 | 0.98 | 60 | 0.23 | 88 | 0.33 | 361 | 1.36 | 47.30 | |
| Mulhouse | LR | 4,205 | 21.77 | 4,330 | 22.41 | 2,649 | 13.71 | 1,259 | 6.52 | 1,419 | 7.35 | 1,164 | 6.03 | 543 | 2.81 | 513 | 2.66 | 421 | 2.18 | 314 | 1.63 | 473 | 2.45 | 400 | 2.07 | 357 | 1.85 | 130 | 0.67 | 158 | 0.82 | 93 | 0.48 | 891 | 4.61 | 41.71 | |
| Nancy | MR | 3,017 | 11.85 | 7,196 | 28.27 | 4,552 | 17.88 | 2,279 | 8.95 | 1,462 | 5.74 | 2,320 | 9.11 | 580 | 2.28 | 1,046 | 4.11 | 632 | 2.48 | 557 | 2.19 | 524 | 2.06 | 385 | 1.51 | 302 | 1.19 | 150 | 0.59 | 138 | 0.54 | 56 | 0.22 | 258 | 1.01 | 52.21 | |
| Nantes | PS | 8,267 | 8.44 | 25,787 | 26.34 | 23,838 | 24.35 | 8,456 | 8.64 | 5,984 | 6.11 | 9,222 | 9.42 | 1,504 | 1.54 | 4,656 | 4.76 | 1,942 | 1.98 | 1,997 | 2.04 | 1,193 | 1.22 | 2,107 | 2.15 | 923 | 0.94 | 599 | 0.61 | 162 | 0.17 | 210 | 0.21 | 1,058 | 1.08 | 53.38 | |
| Nice | LR | 28,014 | 28.18 | 21,699 | 21.83 | 11,803 | 11.87 | 11,628 | 11.70 | 4,694 | 4.72 | 4,539 | 4.57 | 3,021 | 3.04 | 1,958 | 1.97 | 1,649 | 1.66 | 2,197 | 2.21 | 2,736 | 2.75 | 1,640 | 1.65 | 1,336 | 1.34 | 279 | 0.28 | 577 | 0.58 | 390 | 0.39 | 1,257 | 1.26 | 47.78 | |
| Nîmes | LR | 9,455 | 24.43 | 8,374 | 21.64 | 5,072 | 13.11 | 3,845 | 9.94 | 2,745 | 7.09 | 2,382 | 6.16 | 911 | 2.35 | 1,072 | 2.77 | 601 | 1.55 | 1,571 | 4.06 | 683 | 1.76 | 604 | 1.56 | 511 | 1.32 | 182 | 0.47 | 237 | 0.61 | 182 | 0.47 | 270 | 0.70 | 45.42 | |
| Orléans | DVD | 4,116 | 13.82 | 7,925 | 26.61 | 4,859 | 16.32 | 3,090 | 10.38 | 1,482 | 4.98 | 2,215 | 7.44 | 708 | 2.38 | 1,106 | 3.71 | 1,184 | 3.98 | 679 | 2.28 | 606 | 2.03 | 565 | 1.90 | 323 | 1.08 | 176 | 0.59 | 130 | 0.44 | 99 | 0.33 | 519 | 1.74 | 48.63 | |
| Paris | PS | 53,829 | 7.23 | 244,918 | 32.92 | 148,377 | 19.94 | 75,722 | 10.18 | 39,515 | 5.31 | 60,814 | 8.17 | 9,427 | 1.27 | 32,275 | 4.34 | 12,909 | 1.73 | 23,655 | 3.18 | 9,503 | 1.28 | 11,770 | 1.58 | 7,647 | 1.03 | 2,903 | 0.39 | 1,514 | 0.20 | 1,088 | 0.15 | 8,191 | 1.10 | 57.88 | |
| Perpignan | LR | 8,816 | 30.07 | 5,778 | 19.71 | 3,145 | 10.73 | 2,244 | 7.66 | 2,113 | 7.21 | 1,648 | 5.62 | 781 | 2.66 | 898 | 3.06 | 450 | 1.54 | 805 | 2.75 | 664 | 2.27 | 587 | 2.00 | 385 | 1.31 | 212 | 0.72 | 271 | 0.92 | 160 | 0.55 | 357 | 1.22 | 46.40 | |
| Reims | LR | 10,424 | 24.42 | 10,021 | 23.47 | 5,293 | 12.40 | 3,704 | 8.68 | 2,587 | 6.06 | 2,463 | 5.77 | 1,032 | 2.42 | 1,471 | 3.45 | 1,100 | 2.58 | 840 | 1.97 | 1,302 | 3.05 | 709 | 1.66 | 516 | 1.21 | 435 | 1.02 | 240 | 0.56 | 203 | 0.48 | 353 | 0.83 | 44.68 | |
| Rennes | PS | 4,771 | 7.89 | 15,836 | 26.19 | 14,713 | 24.33 | 3,962 | 6.55 | 3,838 | 6.35 | 6,594 | 10.91 | 764 | 1.26 | 3,644 | 6.03 | 1,149 | 1.90 | 1,736 | 2.87 | 634 | 1.05 | 1,094 | 1.81 | 505 | 0.84 | 423 | 0.70 | 82 | 0.14 | 133 | 0.22 | 583 | 0.96 | 54.25 | |
| Rouen | PS | 3,736 | 13.45 | 7,106 | 25.57 | 5,093 | 18.33 | 2,030 | 7.31 | 2,163 | 7.78 | 2,353 | 8.47 | 513 | 1.85 | 1,235 | 4.44 | 628 | 2.26 | 818 | 2.94 | 552 | 1.99 | 553 | 1.99 | 305 | 1.10 | 167 | 0.60 | 134 | 0.48 | 81 | 0.29 | 318 | 1.14 | 51.09 | |
| Saint-Denis (Réunion) | PS | 8,455 | 27.12 | 4,287 | 13.75 | 2,789 | 8.95 | 1,496 | 4.80 | 4,510 | 14.47 | 4,160 | 13.34 | 702 | 2.25 | 884 | 2.84 | 675 | 2.17 | 529 | 1.70 | 501 | 1.61 | 607 | 1.95 | 857 | 2.75 | 308 | 0.99 | 311 | 1.00 | 10 | 0.03 | 92 | 0.30 | 32.60 | |
| Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) | PCF | 1,918 | 13.10 | 2,330 | 15.92 | 2,143 | 14.64 | 453 | 3.09 | 2,288 | 15.63 | 1,029 | 7.03 | 240 | 1.64 | 1,011 | 6.91 | 251 | 1.71 | 1,420 | 9.70 | 215 | 1.47 | 263 | 1.80 | 379 | 2.59 | 240 | 1.64 | 85 | 0.58 | 77 | 0.53 | 297 | 2.03 | 33.90 | |
| Saint-Étienne | LR | 7,846 | 19.54 | 9,022 | 22.46 | 5,869 | 14.61 | 3,794 | 9.45 | 3,096 | 7.71 | 2,510 | 6.25 | 1,006 | 2.50 | 1,889 | 4.70 | 820 | 2.04 | 1,328 | 3.31 | 721 | 1.80 | 793 | 1.97 | 462 | 1.15 | 278 | 0.69 | 183 | 0.46 | 207 | 0.52 | 338 | 0.84 | 46.30 | |
| Saint-Paul | LR | 5,902 | 28.07 | 2,834 | 13.48 | 2,414 | 11.48 | 1,024 | 4.87 | 4,047 | 19.25 | 984 | 4.68 | 509 | 2.42 | 492 | 2.34 | 409 | 1.95 | 380 | 1.81 | 405 | 1.93 | 467 | 2.22 | 647 | 3.08 | 227 | 1.08 | 208 | 0.99 | 22 | 0.10 | 52 | 0.25 | 28.46 | |
| Strasbourg | PS | 8,802 | 12.80 | 19,077 | 27.75 | 14,220 | 20.69 | 5,017 | 7.30 | 4,743 | 6.90 | 5,294 | 7.70 | 1,169 | 1.70 | 2,749 | 4.00 | 1,414 | 2.06 | 1,048 | 1.52 | 1,257 | 1.83 | 1,385 | 2.01 | 838 | 1.22 | 352 | 0.51 | 276 | 0.40 | 200 | 0.29 | 902 | 1.31 | 49.94 | |
| Toulon | LR | 14,870 | 30.71 | 10,207 | 21.08 | 4,460 | 9.21 | 5,158 | 10.65 | 2,770 | 5.72 | 2,210 | 4.56 | 1,580 | 3.26 | 1,008 | 2.08 | 1,016 | 2.10 | 1,036 | 2.14 | 1,329 | 2.74 | 926 | 1.91 | 671 | 1.39 | 208 | 0.43 | 350 | 0.72 | 251 | 0.52 | 367 | 0.76 | 48.38 | |
| Toulouse | LR | 14,253 | 11.43 | 30,704 | 24.62 | 26,539 | 21.28 | 9,262 | 7.43 | 10,942 | 8.77 | 11,532 | 9.25 | 1,924 | 1.54 | 5,993 | 4.81 | 2,058 | 1.65 | 3,429 | 2.75 | 1,887 | 1.51 | 1,940 | 1.56 | 1,438 | 1.15 | 699 | 0.56 | 314 | 0.25 | 510 | 0.41 | 1,291 | 1.04 | 52.39 | |
| Tours | MR | 5,294 | 14.26 | 9,522 | 25.66 | 6,746 | 18.18 | 3,395 | 9.15 | 2,312 | 6.23 | 2,944 | 7.93 | 934 | 2.52 | 1,503 | 4.05 | 838 | 2.26 | 785 | 2.12 | 696 | 1.88 | 770 | 2.07 | 408 | 1.10 | 270 | 0.73 | 136 | 0.37 | 139 | 0.37 | 421 | 1.13 | 48.23 | |
| Villeurbanne | PS | 5,223 | 14.57 | 8,198 | 22.87 | 7,253 | 20.23 | 2,373 | 6.62 | 2,704 | 7.54 | 2,921 | 8.15 | 764 | 2.13 | 1,464 | 4.08 | 806 | 2.25 | 879 | 2.45 | 692 | 1.93 | 779 | 2.17 | 462 | 1.29 | 246 | 0.69 | 131 | 0.37 | 99 | 0.28 | 858 | 2.39 | 44.25 | |
 | This section needs to be updated. (July 2020) |
Both La République En Marche! and National Rally lost numerous seats and mayorships. La République En Marche! managed to retain mayorship of Le Havre by the Prime minister Edouard Philippe (he resigned national position on 3 July). National Rally by itself lost about half of its representatives.[9] Louis Aliot became the first National Rally Mayor in Perpignan with a city of more than 100,000 people (although Aliot ran as independent).[10] Les Republicains also suffered losses. Most of them were in large cities, where mayorships were lost to the Greens, although Les Republicains lost seats to the National Rally in small towns.
The Greens made significant gains in the election. They triumphed in Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Anne Hidalgo and Martine Aubry retained their respective mayoralties of Paris and Lille. Including them, female candidates won in half of France's largest cities.[11] Only 40% of the electorate participated in the second round,[12] a significant drop from the prior local elections, likely due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marie Cau was elected the first transgender mayor in France, in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes.[13]
National results
| List-based municipalities | Majority ballots municipalities | All municipalities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Second round | First round | Second round | First round | Second round | |||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Expressed | 15,789,730 | 95.36 | 6,175,538 | 97.08 | 4,058,899 | 97.06 | 483,307 | 94.94 | 19,848,629 | 95.70 | 6,658,845 | 96.92 |
| Blank ballots | 286,499 | 1.73 | 104,008 | 1.64 | 38,838 | 0.93 | 10,462 | 2.06 | 325,337 | 1.57 | 114,470 | 1.67 |
| Null ballots | 482,150 | 2.91 | 81,694 | 1.28 | 84,089 | 2.01 | 15,321 | 3.01 | 566,239 | 2.73 | 97,015 | 1.41 |
| Voters | 16,558,379 | 100 | 6,361,240 | 100 | 4,181,826 | 100 | 509,090 | 100 | 20,740,205 | 100 | 6,870,330 | 100 |
| Abstentions | 22,900,121 | 58.04 | 9,147,843 | 58.98 | 2,797,085 | 40.08 | 393,174 | 43.58 | 25,697,206 | 55.34 | 9,541,017 | 58.14 |
| Registered voters | 39,458,500 | 41.96 | 15,509,083 | 41.02 | 6,978,911 | 59.92 | 902,264 | 56.42 | 46,437,411 | 44.66 | 16,411,347 | 41.86 |
| List | First round | Second round | Total seats | Seat change | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| EXG | Far-left | 76,499 | 0.49 | 26 | 5,565 | 0.09 | 5 | 31 |  30 | |
| Far-left | 76,499 | 0.49 | 26 | 5,565 | 0.09 | 5 | 31 | |||
| PCF | French Communist Party | 166,703 | 1.07 | 1,072 | 56,273 | 0.91 | 354 | 1,426 | 230 | |
| LFI | La France Insoumise | 68,208 | 0.44 | 26 | 12,290 | 0.20 | 20 | 46 | New | |
| PS | Socialist Party | 287,180 | 1.84 | 1,810 | 120,317 | 1.95 | 759 | 2,569 | 9,709 | |
| PRG | Radical Party of the Left | 3,403 | 0.02 | 54 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 54 | New | |
| DVG | Miscellaneous left | 2,364,848 | 14.98 | 15,023 | 1,073,093 | 17.38 | 7,607 | 22,630 | 21,609 | |
| UG | Union de la gauche | 806,534 | 5.16 | 2,287 | 845,022 | 13.68 | 1,943 | 4,320 | 8,692 | |
| Left | 3,696,876 | 23.51 | 20,272 | 2,106,995 | 34.12 | 10,683 | 31,045 | |||
| EELV | Europe Ecology – The Greens | 373,959 | 2.37 | 183 | 127,049 | 2.06 | 332 | 515 |  182 | |
| ECO | Ecologists | 137,540 | 0.87 | 426 | 73,093 | 1.18 | 430 | 856 | New | |
| Left Ecologists | 511,499 | 3.24 | 609 | 200,142 | 3.24 | 762 | 1,371 | |||
| DIV | Miscellaneous | 1,121,434 | 7.10 | 8,986 | 480,324 | 7.78 | 4,393 | 13,379 | 21,322 | |
| SE | Undesignated lists | 4,089,704 | 25.90 | 115,394 | 396,396 | 6.42 | 7,820 | 123,214 | New | |
| REG | Regionalists | 79,390 | 0.50 | 246 | 42,612 | 0.69 | 273 | 519 | New | |
| GJ | Gilets jaunes | 3,258 | 0.02 | 2 | 87 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | New | |
| Miscellaneous | 5,293,786 | 33.52 | 124,628 | 919,419 | 14.89 | 12,486 | 137,114 | |||
| LREM | La République En Marche! | 260,047 | 1.65 | 268 | 110,608 | 1.79 | 356 | 624 | New | |
| MDM | Democratic Movement | 20,050 | 0.13 | 65 | 7,373 | 0.12 | 38 | 103 | 894 | |
| UDI | Union of Democrats and Independents | 95,945 | 0.61 | 561 | 51,087 | 0.83 | 358 | 919 | 4,454 | |
| UC | Union du centre | 262,863 | 1.66 | 320 | 142,147 | 2.30 | 284 | 604 | 40 | |
| DVC | Miscellaneous centre | 1,327,168 | 8.41 | 8,291 | 661,943 | 10.72 | 4,561 | 12,852 | New | |
| Centre | 1,966,073 | 12.46 | 9,505 | 973,158 | 15.76 | 5,597 | 15,102 | |||
| LR | The Republicans | 725,454 | 4.59 | 3,534 | 330,615 | 5.35 | 1,639 | 5,173 | 5,978 | |
| LUD | Union de la droite | 355,326 | 2.25 | 547 | 327,482 | 5.30 | 820 | 1,367 | 9,968 | |
| DVD | Miscellaneous right | 2,764,243 | 17.51 | 22,332 | 1,147,627 | 18.58 | 8,225 | 30,557 | 45,705 | |
| DLF | Debout la France | 4,732 | 0.03 | 5 | 427 | 0.01 | 1 | 6 | New | |
| Right | 3,849,755 | 24.38 | 26,418 | 1,806,151 | 29.24 | 10,685 | 37,103 | |||
| RN | National Rally | 363,699 | 2.30 | 498 | 145,900 | 2.36 | 329 | 827 | 671 | |
| EXD | Far-right | 26,266 | 0.17 | 43 | 18,208 | 0.30 | 108 | 151 | 51 | |
| Far-right | 389,965 | 2.47 | 541 | 164,108 | 2.66 | 437 | 978 | |||
| Election postponed due to COVID-19 (Guiana only) | 164 | 164 | ||||||||
Communes with at least 70,000 inhabitants
Incumbent mayors marked with an asterisk (*) did not seek another term in 2020.
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