2026 Nice municipal election

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The 2026 Nice municipal election was held on 15 March 2026, with a runoff on 22 March to elect the mayor of Nice and the 69 members of the Municipal Council of Nice. Incumbent mayor Christian Estrosi, who had served as mayor since returning to office in 2017 and sought a fourth nonconsecutive term. The election was the first municipal election in which Estrosi faced his former deputy Éric Ciotti, who left The Republicans (LR) in 2024 to found the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR). The main candidates were Christian Estrosi of Horizons (HOR), his former deputy Éric Ciotti of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR), Juliette Chesnel-Le Roux of The Ecologists (LE), and several other candidates. Ciotti finished first in the first round with 43.43% of the vote, followed by Estrosi with 30.92% and Chesnel-Le Roux with 11.93%, with all three advancing to the runoff. In the second round, Ciotti received 48.54% of the vote and his list won 52 of the 69 seats on the Municipal Council...

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