The 2026 Toulouse municipal election took place on 15 March 2026 to elect the mayor of Toulouse and the 69 members of the Municipal Council of Toulouse, with a runoff held on 22 March 2026. Incumbent Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc seek a third consecutive term, having served since 2014. This was the first municipal election in which Moudenc ran as an independent candidate, having left The Republicans in 2022.

Moudenc was re-elected in the second round with 53.87% of the vote, defeating François Piquemal, who received 46.13%. His list won 53 of the 69 seats on the Municipal Council, while Piquemal's list won the remaining 16 seats.

Background Jean-Luc Moudenc was elected as mayor in 2014 and reelected in 2020. He also had served as mayor from 2004 until his defeat in 2008. He was a member of The Republicans (LR), but quit the party in 2022. He ran for a third term with the support of his former party LR, as well as center-right parties Renaissance (RE) and Horizons (HOR), which had also supported him in 2020. Carole Delga declined to be a candidate for the Socialist Party (PS) and instead supported the candidacy of François Briançon. The Ecologists initially considered Régis Godec as their candidate, but an agreement was reached with Godec and LE supporting Briançon as mayor.

Electoral system and context The 2026 election took place with a closed-list system. If no list gets 50% of votes in the first round, a second round takes place. Every list that gets at least 10% of the votes can access the second round. Every list receiving more than 5% of votes can merge with a list that accessed the second round. Half of the seats are attributed to the list coming first in the last round. The other half are attributed proportionately between the lists that get more than 5%.

Candidates Socialist Party François Briançon, municipal councillor

Miscellaneous right Jean-Luc Moudenc, incumbent mayor

La France Insoumise François Piquemal, deputy

National Rally Julien Leonardelli, member of the European Parliament

Campaign François Briançon launched his bid announcing that if elected, he would support Régis Godec from The Ecologists as president of Toulouse Métropole.

Polling First round Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Adrada Piquemal Briançon Moudenc Leonardelli CottrelOthers Ifop 9–18 Feb 2026 602 <0.5% 23% 30% 33% 7% 1.5% 5.5% Cluster17 2–5 Feb 2026 401 0.5% 19% 32% 33% 8% 4% 2.5% Cluster17 6–10 Nov 2025 765 1% 23% 30% 33% 10% 3% —

Second round Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Piquemal Briançon Moudenc Leonardelli Ifop9–18 Feb 2026602 23% 34% 37% 6% 24% 35% 41% — — 53% 47% — Cluster176–10 Nov 2025765 24% 30% 35% 11% 25% 31% 44% — — 53% 47% —

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundSeatsVotes%Votes%Nb.+/-Jean-Luc MoudencLR-RE-HOR-UDI-MoDem58,46237.23%53.87%–3François PiquemalLFI43,27427.56%46.13%–1François BriançonPS-LE-PCF-PP39,24524.99%Julien LeonardelliRN-UDR8,4475.38%—0Lambert MeilhacDVC2,6481.69%0Arthur CottrelREC1,9531.24%0Vanessa PedinottiRP1,6111.03%0Malena AdradaLO6530.42%0Guillaume ScaliNPA-R4380.28%0Julian MenendezPT2900.18%0Registered voters281,77556.4262.48Abstention122,79843.5837.52Total votes158,977100100Blank or invalid votes1,9561.232.80Valid votes157,02198.7797.20

See also 2026 French municipal elections 2026 Lyon municipal election 2026 Marseille municipal election 2026 Nancy municipal election 2026 Nice municipal election 2026 Paris municipal election

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