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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | How did France vote? 2nd Round results broken down by political blocs in the 20 biggest cities in Metropolitan France (2/2) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | How did France vote? 2nd Round results broken down by political blocs in the 20 biggest cities in Metropolitan France (1/2) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Final turnout in Metropolitan France is estimated to be 57.00% according to Elabe for BFMTV. In 2020, held hours before the first Covid-19 lockdown, the final turnout was 41.86 %. Turnout was 62.13% in 2014 and 62.16% in 2008. #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | In 2020, held hours before the first Covid-19 lockdown, that figure was 34.67%. Turnout at 5pm was 52.36% in 2014 and 54.45% in 2008. #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | 48.10% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by 5pm according to the Interior Ministry. #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | What are « nuances politiques » and why are they controversial? (5/5) #municipales2026 #france #elections

How Tripartition uses « nuances politiques »

Tripartition does not rely solely on the Interior Ministry’s official classification of lists when presenting results. In our view, these are often opaque, inconsistent, and do not always clearly present the political dynamics at play.

In using our own classification, our goal is to make clear the political affiliation of the « tête de liste » (head of the list) as well as the overall political flavour of the list as a whole.

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | What are « nuances politiques » and why are they controversial? (4/5) #municipales2026 #france #elections

Why are they controversial?

Critics argue that as these are determined by the Interior Ministry, they can be manipulated to the advantage of the governing party.

The Interior Ministry initially refused to give the NUPES left-wing coalition its own distinctive « nuance politique » in the 2022 legislative elections.

Although overruled by the Conseil d’Etat, there remained much controversy over candidates who were not given the nuance, despite being part of the NUPES coalition.

This led to Le Monde, a major newspaper, deciding to determine candidates’ political leanings without relying on the official political nuances.

This led to a discrepancy in results, where official results saw the NUPES perform worse than in Le Monde’s count.

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | What are « nuances politiques » and why are they controversial? (3/5) #municipales2026 #france #elections

What are they?

25 « nuances politiques » are used in the 2026 Municipal Elections. These include:
Individual party nuances: when lists are officially endorsed by a single political party (e.g. FI, SOC, HOR, REN, LR, RN)
Alliance nuances: when lists are jointly backed by at least two parties from the same political bloc (UXG, UG, UC, UD, UXD)
Sensitivity nuances: used when a list is supported by a party without its own nuance, crosses bloc boundaries, has no official backing but a clear political leaning, or is running in dissidence from an established party (e.g. EXG, DVG, DVC, DVD, EXD)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | What are « nuances politiques » and why are they controversial? (2/5) #municipales2026 #france #elections

What are « nuances politiques » ?

Prefects assign each candidate list an official political label in communes of over of 3,500 residents as well as in communes which are capitals of regional administrative divisions (« sous-préfectures »).

Why?

The idea is to give a clearer national picture of how each political bloc performs at the polls.

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | What are « nuances politiques » and why are they controversial? (1/5) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | In 2020, held hours before the first Covid-19 lockdown, that figure was 15.29%. Turnout at noon was 19.83% in 2014 and 23.68% in 2008. #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | 20.33% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by noon according to the Interior Ministry.

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (6/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (5/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (4/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (3/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (2/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

Communes have already elected a municipal council in the 1st round
96%

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Who is voting in this 2nd round? And what type of configurations are in play? (1/6) #municipales2026 #france #elections

Voters eligible to cast their ballots in the 2nd round
~33%

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (9/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (8/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (7/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (6/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (5/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (4/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (3/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (2/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🟨 #2026MunicipalElections | Post-1st Round list « fusions » in the biggest cities in Metropolitan France (1/9)

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🟥 #2026MunicipalElections | 1st Round Results in #Nîmes J. Sanchez (National Rally): 30.39%* V. Bouget (Union of the Left): 30.05%* F. Proust (Union of the Right): 19.55%* J. Plantier (Misc. Right): 15.55%* P. Dupretz (France Unbowed): 4.46%

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🟥 #2026MunicipalElections | 1st Round Results in #Grenoble A. Carignon (Republican): 27.04%* L. Ruffin (Union of the Left): 26.33%* A. Brunon (France Unbowed): 14.59%* R. Gentil (Public Square): 10.00% H. Gerbi (Horizons): 9.63% V. Gabriac (National Rally): 5.20%

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🟥 #2026MunicipalElections | 1st Round Results in #Angers C. Béchu (Union of the Centre): 49.48%* R. Laveau (Union of the Left): 28.71%* A. Saeidi (France Unbowed): 8.20% A. Lahondès (National Rally): 7.92% V. Rambault (Misc.): 3.94%

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🟥 #2026MunicipalElections | 1st Round Results in #Dijon N. Koenders (Socialist): 39.13%* E. Bichot (Union of the Right): 25.83%* T. Coudert (Union of the Right for the Republic-National Rally): 12.70%* M. Haberstrau (Union of the Left): 8.56% Continues in alt text

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Tripartition in English @tripartition.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🟥 #2026MunicipalElections | 1st Round Results in #Villeurbanne C. Van Styvendaal (Union of the Left): 37.94%* J-P. Bret (Dissident Socialist): 17.99%* M. Garabedian (France Unbowed): 17.53%* S. Cruz (Republican-Renaissance): 13.47%* G. Canon (National Rally): 11.65%*

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