France goes to the polls again on Sunday for the crucial second round of voting in French local elections, with close races expected in several of the major cities including Paris and Marseille.
France’s municipales elect local mayors in all of the country’s 35,000 communes, ranging from small villages to the biggest cities.
Although some towns elected their mayor with more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round, in most places – including all the big cities – voting goes to a second round to elect the mayor.
In both Paris and Marseille the race is neck and neck, with the far right potentially poised to take Marseille, which would be their biggest town to date.
Results are released from 8pm and we will be updating this article live as they come in.
In the meantime, here is some background reading;
6 things to watch in round two of French local elections✎
EXPLAINED: How France’s two-round voting system works✎
Can I vote in the second round of the French local elections if I didn’t vote in the first?✎
Alliances and deals: What happens next in France’s 2026 local elections?✎
