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Election day this Sunday, March 15th. Each municipality is called upon to renew its municipal council which will elect their mayor. In the Sèvre and Maine, this concerns 34 communes.
Nearly 48.7 million registered voters are expected to vote this Sunday, March 15 for the first round of municipal elections. The polling stations open at 8 a.m. and close in the majority of the communes at 6 p.m. with the exception of some large cities where access to the insulators is allowed until...
On Sunday 15 March, 48.7 million voters are called to the polls for the first round of municipal elections. All over France the polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. Follow us live with us this day. - IN DIRECT - Municipal elections 2026: the polling stations opened, follow the first round (Elections Municipales 2026).
The 2026 municipal elections mobilise 904,042 candidates spread over 50,478 lists across France. It remains to be seen whether the abstention, already record in 2020, will still mark this election under international tension.
More than 50 million French are expected to vote this Sunday to elect their municipal councillors in just under 35,000 communes.
This Sunday, March 15, is the first round of municipal elections 2026. More than 48 million voters are called to the polls, and about 900,000 candidates are in the run. Follow our direct.
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