2014 French municipal elections

The French municipal elections of 2014 were held on 23 March of that year with a second round of voting, where necessary, on 30 March to elect the municipal councils of France's communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council is to elect a mayor for that commune.

Municipal councillors, and the mayors they elect, ordinarily serve a term of six years.

Exit polls
An exit poll by pollster BVA showed:

Left Front
* Lost cities: Villejuif (55,923), Le Blanc-Mesnil (51,916), Saint-Ouen (47,783), Bobigny (47,224), Aubagne (45,800), Vaulx-en-Velin (42,726), Villepinte (35,850), Bagnolet (34,513), Viry-Châtillon (31,655), Roissy-en-Brie (22,436), Limeil-Brévannes (20,663), Achères (19,606), Hennebont (15,456), Fourmies (12,068), La Queue-en-Brie (11,506), Gisors (11,474), Saint-Orens-de-Gameville (11,196), Saint-Claude (10,690), Aniche (10,509), Vieux-Condé (10,172), Pierre-Bénite (10,011), Varennes-Vauzelles (9,567), Portes-lès-Valence (9,507), Grigny (9,094), Elne (8,100), Roussillon (7,983), Boucau (7,801), Houdain (7,623), Feignies (7,184), Migennes (7,126), Trignac (7,008), Divion (6,971), Lallaing (6,496), Quiévrechain (6,130), Coursan (6,050), Fenain (5,327), Cuges-les-Pins (4,898), Auchy-les-Mines (4,601), Évin-Malmaison (4,583), Vermelles (4,526), Drap (4,297), Laigneville (4,168), Hérin (3,947), Garchizy (3,836).

* Cities won: Montreuil (103,068), Aubervilliers (75,598), 1st arrondissement of Lyon (28,932), Thiers (11,232), Onnaing (8,720), Magnanville (5,904), Ambazac (5,555), Courpière (4,401), Rilhac-Rancon (4,313), Annay (4,246), Escautpont (4,227), Serémange-Erzange (4,203), Avesnes-les-Aubert (3,635).

Socialist Party
* Lost cities:, Reims (180,752), Tours (134,633), Pau (79,798), Ajaccio (66,809), Quimper (63,235), 9th arrondissement of Paris (60,120), Pessac (58,743), Chelles (52,817), Belfort (50,128), Charleville-Mézières (49,433), Chalon-sur-Saône (44,847), Anglet (38,581), Joué-lès-Tours (36,554), Nevers (36,210), Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (35,582), Schiltigheim (31,633), Palaiseau (30,316), Athis-Mons (29,831), Périgueux (29,811), Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (28,348), Bergerac (27,687), Montbéliard (25,974), Les Ulis (24,641), Villeparisis (24,525), Brétigny-sur-Orge (24,264), Dole (24,009), Montgeron (22,941), Mantes-la-Ville (19,839), Montceau-les-Mines (19,124), Maurepas (18,928), Chilly-Mazarin (18,843), Riom (18,291), Marmande (18,218), Ploemeur (17,747), Vendôme (16,849), Bruz (16,612), Cesson-Sévigné (15,413), Juvisy-sur-Orge (14,924), Issoire (14,170), Pontivy (14,011), Bois-d'Arcy (13,788), Guipavas (13,414), Rixheim (13,145), Épinay-sous-Sénart (12,129), Guebwiller (11,517), Valentigney (11,155), Beaumont (10,908), Orthez (10,886), Oloron-Sainte-Marie (10,854), Igny (10,522), Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (10,484), Gerzat (10,389), Fondettes (10,306), Vernouillet (9,401), Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (9,324), Ploërmel (9,221), Crosne (9,190), Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (9,081), Meulan-en-Yvelines (8,921), Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (8,618), Bellerive-sur-Allier (8,530), Lempdes (8,397), Ballan-Miré (8,074), Coutras (8,062), Romagnat (8,049), Chinon (7,911), Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse (7,743), Cébazat (7,509), Questembert (7,464), Artigues-près-Bordeaux (7,290), Mordelles (7,230), Revin (7,187), Carbon-Blanc (6,941), Ambert (6,869), Les Essarts-le-Roi (6,298), Aire-sur-l'Adour (6,207), Châteaubourg (6,196), Inzinzac-Lochrist (6,129), Wissous (6,093), Plédran (6,053), Pordic (6,001), Bethoncourt (5,974), Magnanville (5,904), Lèves (5,675), Genlis (5,588), Gan (5,481), Montbard (5,476), Saint-Astier (5,468), Ceyrat (5,444), Bar-sur-Aube (5,214), Saintry-sur-Seine (5,140), Pauillac (5,059), Villabé (5,010), Bavilliers (4,889), Saint-Sever (4,758), Vouziers (4,094), Hillion (4,063), Ribérac (4,053), Castelnau-de-Médoc (3,902), Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon (3,713), Fumay (3,712), Romillé (3,670), Bavans (3,662), Brassac-les-Mines (3,308), Plancoët (3,084), Mussidan (2,878), Ambès (2,868), Plombières-lès-Dijon (2,771), Le Bugue (2,728), Puy-Guillaume (2,612), Vendays-Montalivet (2,480), Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (2,400), Le Buisson-de-Cadouin (2,094), Nohanent (1,968), Cercy-la-Tour (1,936), Corbigny (1,576),

Aix-en-Provence
Incumbent mayor: Maryse Joissains-Masini (UMP)

Amiens
Incumbent mayor: Gilles Demailly (PS)

Angers
Incumbent mayor: Frédéric Béatse (PS)

Bordeaux
Incumbent mayor: Alain Juppé (UMP)

Caen
Incumbent mayor: Philippe Duron (PS)

Grenoble
Incumbent mayor: Michel Destot (PS)

Le Havre
Incumbent mayor: Édouard Philippe (UMP)

Lille
Incumbent mayor: Martine Aubry (PS)

Limoges
Incumbent mayor: Alain Rodet (PS)

Lyon
Incumbent mayor: Gérard Collomb (PS)

Marseille
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP)

Nancy
Incumbent mayor: André Rossinot (UDI)

Paris
In Paris, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (UMP) with 35,91 percent of the votes and Anne Hidalgo (PS) with 34,40 percent qualified for the second round. Hidalgo won the second round with 54.5 percent of the votes, becoming Paris's first female mayor.

The lists supporting Hidalgo (PS, Communists, Radical Party of the Left, Europe Ecology – The Greens) got 91 seats, the lists supporting Kosciusko-Morizet (UMP, UDI and MoDem) received 71, while the Left Party received 1.

Perpignan
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Marc Pujol (UMP)

Reims
Incumbent mayor: Adeline Hazan (PS)

Toulon
Incumbent mayor: Hubert Falco (UMP)

Toulouse
Incumbent mayor: Pierre Cohen (PS)

Villeurbanne
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Paul Bret (PS)

Hénin-Beaumont
Incumbent mayor: Eugène Binaisse (PS)

Pau
Incumbent mayor: Martine Lignières-Cassou (PS)