2020 Caen municipal election explained

Election Name:2020 Caen municipal election
Seats5:1
Leader5:Isabelle Gilbert
Party5:National Rally
Seats1:43
Percentage1:50.79%
Seats2:8
Seats3:2
Seats4:1
Percentage2:25.57%
Leader4:Aurélien Guidi
Percentage3:9.3%
Percentage4:5.29%
Percentage5:5.28%
Popular Vote1:10,541
Popular Vote3:1,929
Popular Vote4:1,098
Popular Vote5:1,095
Party4:Miscellaneous left
Party3:Socialist Party (France)
Type:parliamentary
Next Year:2026
Ongoing:no
Election Date:15 March 2020
Country:France
Flag Year:2020
Flag Image:Blason ville fr Caen (Calvados)2.svg
Previous Election:2014 Caen municipal election
Previous Year:2014
Before Election:Joël Bruneau
Leader3:Gilles Déterville
Before Party:LR
After Election:Joël Bruneau
After Party:LR
Leader1:Joël Bruneau
Party1:The Republicans (France)
Mayor
Leader2:Rudy L'Orphelin
Party2:Europe Ecology – The Greens
Popular Vote2:5,306

The 2020 Caen municipal election took place on 15 March 2020 in conjunction with the first round of the 2020 French municipal elections throughout the country.

Electoral history

Election results in Caen since 2014

Election! colspan="12"
1st2nd round
1st%2nd%3rd%4th%1st%2nd%3rd%
2014 Municipal electionUMP30.79PS26.21UDI18.01EELV10.22UMP57.03PS42.96colspan="3" -
2014 European electionUMP21.23PS17.71EELV14.37FN13.651st round of voting only.
2015 Regional electionLR32.96PS29.95FN13.33EELV10.82PS46.49LR40.54FN12.97
2017 Presidential electionLREM29.55LFI23.11LR20.61FN10.33LREM82.09FN17.91colspan="3" -
2019 European electionLREM26.80EELV18.70FN12.56PS8.531st round of voting only.

Declared candidates

Lutte Ouvrière

The Worker's Struggle party list was led by Pierre Casevitz in Caen.[1]

La France Insoumise

The La France Insoumise party list was led by Philippe Velten.[2]

Socialist Party, Génération.s & GRS

The Socialist Party list was led by Gilles Déterville.[3]

Caen en commun

The Far-left list Caen en commun was led by Aurélien Guidi.[4]

Europe Ecology - The Greens, Citoyens à Caen, Community Party & Cap21

The Europe Ecology – The Greens party list was led by Rudy L'Orphelin.[5]

The Republicans

On 28 August 2018, incumbent Mayor Joël Bruneau announced that he was running for re-election as a member of The Republicans.[6] His list was supported in 2020 by La République En Marche, the Union of Democrats and Independents and the Democratic Movement.[7]

National Rally

The National Rally list in Caen was led by Isabelle Gilbert.[8]

Election results

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LeaderListFirst Round[9] [10] Seats
Votes%CMCC
Joël BruneauLR-LREM-UDI-MoDem10,54150.794333
Continuons Caen ensembleavec Joël Bruneau
Rudy L'OrphelinEELV-PRG-PCF-Cap21-Citoyens à Caen5,30625.5786
Caen écologiste et citoyenne
Gilles DétervillePS-G·s-GRS-AE1,9299.3022
Caen au cœur
Aurélien GuidiDVG1,0985.2911
Caen en commun
Isabelle GilbertRN1,0955.2811
Rassemblement pour Caen
Philippe VeltenLFI5502.6500
À Caen, décidons nous-mêmes
Pierre CasevitzLO2331.1200
Lutte ouvrière – Faire entendre le camp des travailleurs
Valid votes20,75297.66
White votes1380.65
Rejected votes3601.69
Total21,2501005543
Abstentions34,74961.71
Registered voters - voter turnout55,50138.29

References

  1. Web site: Municipales 2020. Une quatrième liste se déclare à Caen avec Lutte ouvrière. 2021-03-24. actu.fr. fr.
  2. Web site: Municipales 2020 à Caen. Le candidat Philippe Velten veut deux axes principaux pour les vélos . Actu.fr . 1 May 2021 . French . 13 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Municipales 2020. À Caen, Gilles Déterville présente sa liste "Caen au cœur, la gauche et l'écologie" . Actu.fr . 1 May 2021 . French . 17 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Municipales 2020 à Caen. Pour le candidat Aurélien Guidi, il faut plus d'aides pour le vélo . 1 May 2021 . French . 8 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Municipales 2020. À Caen, Rudy L'Orphelin dévoile sa liste "Caen écologiste et citoyenne" . Actu.fr . 1 May 2021 . French . 16 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Loury. Jean-Luc. 28 August 2018. Caen. Joël Bruneau souhaite un « renouvellement significatif » en 2020. live. 24 March 2021. Ouest-France. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526082354/https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/caen-joel-bruneau-souhaite-un-renouvellement-significatif-en-2020-5939853 . 2019-05-26 .
  7. Web site: 8 March 2020. Municipales à Caen. Joël Bruneau veut " d'abord les meilleures conditions d'éducation pour tous ". 24 March 2021. Ouest-France.
  8. Web site: Municipales 2020. Isabelle Gilbert conduira à Caen la liste du Rassemblement National. 2021-03-24. actu.fr. fr.
  9. Web site: Résultats électoraux. 2021-03-24. applis.caen.fr.
  10. Web site: Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2020 - Caen. 2021-03-24. Ministère de l'Intérieur. fr-FR.