US EditionSocialist frontrunner Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, exit polls say
Emmanuel Grégoire secured 51-53% of the vote, continuing leftist governance in Paris amid broader left holds in Marseille and far-right gains in southern cities.
- Emmanuel Grégoire was elected mayor of Paris with about 52% of the vote, extending left-wing control of the city.
- He defeated right-wing candidate Rachida Dati and left-wing rival Sophia Chikirou in a result that exceeded expectations.
- Grégoire pledged to resist right and far-right forces ahead of France’s upcoming presidential elections.
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In the second round, the French decided who would move into their town halls. After the election victory, the new mayor of Paris drove on a rental bike to his future office.
The right have grown in the municipal elections held this Sunday in France, but the socialists, in a coalition with ecologists and ultra-left formations, have managed to retain Paris. It also retains another large part of the country’s largest mayors. In the Gala capital, which the PS has been governing for 25 years, the socialist candidate, Emmanuel Grégoir, has imposed himself with 51% of the votes and has won the pulse of conservative candida…
The triangular at work in the capital turned to the advantage of the candidate of the union of the left outside the LFI, Emmanuel Grégoire, who won the vote of more than one out of two Parisian voters, despite the presence of another left-wing candidate.
Facing the prognosis, the socialist won almost 50% of the vote in the second round of the municipal elections against Rachida Dati, who finished ten points behind. The electorate of Sophia Chikirou...
Sunday, March 22, 2026, Emmanuel Grégoire won the municipal elections in Paris against Rachida Dati (LRI). A clear victory celebrated by his supporters.
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