Emmanuel Grégoire, former first deputy to Anne Hidalgo, has been elected mayor of Paris in the 2026 municipal elections second round, with around 50 to 53 percent of votes per Elabe estimates. He beats Rachida Dati (38 to 42 percent) and Sophia Chikirou (8 to 10 percent). The win extends left-wing rule in the capital.
In the second round of Paris municipal elections on March 22, 2026, Emmanuel Grégoire, left-wing candidate outside LFI and former first deputy to Anne Hidalgo, wins convincingly per initial Elabe estimates for BFM-TV, RMC and Le Figaro. Polls give Grégoire 50.4 to 53.1 percent of votes, ahead of Rachida Dati at 38 to 42 percent, Republicans (LR) candidate allied with Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Horizons), and Sophia Chikirou (LFI) at 7.9 to 10 percent in this triangular race from inter-round withdrawals and mergers. In the first round, Grégoire got 37.98 percent, Dati 25.46 percent, Bournazel 11.34 percent and Sarah Knafo (Reconquête) 10.40 percent, the latter withdrawing. Grégoire prevails in central, east, north and south arrondissements, while Dati leads in the west and right-wing strongholds. Aged 47, the winner heads to City Hall by Vélib bike, stating: “It was an exhausting but very serious campaign. Obviously, it's immense happiness.” Rachida Dati concedes: an “élan” that “didn’t suffice,” blaming the “poison of division” and “lies, unworthy, below-the-belt attacks.” She notes Parisians chose to “renew the outgoing mayor’s municipal majority.” This vote introduces a change: the mayor is now elected by direct universal suffrage, alongside arrondissement councils.
