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:| Party | political leaning of party | Percentage of Total Vote |
| Union for a Popular Movement and allies | center-right | 48% |
| Socialist Party and allies | center-left | 43% |
| National Front | far-right | 7% |
Balance by parties
Left Front">Left Front (France)">Left Front
* Lost cities: Villejuif, Le Blanc-Mesnil, Saint-Ouen, Bobigny, Aubagne, Vaulx-en-Velin, Villepinte, Bagnolet, Viry-Châtillon, Roissy-en-Brie, Limeil-Brévannes, Achères, Hennebont, Fourmies, La Queue-en-Brie, Gisors, Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, Saint-Claude, Aniche, Vieux-Condé, Pierre-Bénite, Varennes-Vauzelles, Portes-lès-Valence, Grigny, Elne, Roussillon, Boucau, Houdain, Feignies, Migennes, Trignac, Divion, Lallaing, Quiévrechain, Coursan, Fenain, Cuges-les-Pins, Auchy-les-Mines, Évin-Malmaison, Vermelles, Drap, Laigneville, Hérin, Garchizy.* Cities won: Montreuil, Aubervilliers, 1st arrondissement of Lyon, Thiers, Onnaing, Magnanville, Ambazac, Courpière, Rilhac-Rancon, Annay, Escautpont, Serémange-Erzange, Avesnes-les-Aubert.
Socialist Party">Socialist Party (France)">Socialist Party
* Lost cities:, Reims, Tours, Pau, Ajaccio, Quimper, 9th arrondissement of Paris, Pessac, Chelles, Belfort, Charleville-Mézières, Chalon-sur-Saône, Anglet, Joué-lès-Tours, Nevers, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Schiltigheim, Palaiseau, Athis-Mons, Périgueux, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Bergerac, Montbéliard, Les Ulis, Villeparisis, Brétigny-sur-Orge, Dole, Montgeron, Mantes-la-Ville, Montceau-les-Mines, Maurepas, Chilly-Mazarin, Riom, Marmande, Ploemeur, Vendôme, Bruz, Cesson-Sévigné, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Issoire, Pontivy, Bois-d'Arcy, Guipavas, Rixheim, Épinay-sous-Sénart, Guebwiller, Valentigney, Beaumont, Orthez, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Igny, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Gerzat, Fondettes, Vernouillet, Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon, Ploërmel, Crosne, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, Bellerive-sur-Allier, Lempdes, Ballan-Miré, Coutras, Romagnat, Chinon, Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, Cébazat, Questembert, Artigues-près-Bordeaux, Mordelles, Revin, Carbon-Blanc, Ambert, Les Essarts-le-Roi, Aire-sur-l'Adour, Châteaubourg, Inzinzac-Lochrist, Wissous, Plédran, Pordic, Bethoncourt, Magnanville, Lèves, Genlis, Gan, Montbard, Saint-Astier, Ceyrat, Bar-sur-Aube, Saintry-sur-Seine, Pauillac, Villabé, Bavilliers, Saint-Sever, Vouziers, Hillion, Ribérac, Castelnau-de-Médoc, Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon, Fumay, Romillé, Bavans, Brassac-les-Mines, Plancoët, Mussidan, Ambès, Plombières-lès-Dijon, Le Bugue, Puy-Guillaume, Vendays-Montalivet, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Nohanent, Cercy-la-Tour, Corbigny,Results in largest cities
[Aix-en-Provence]
Incumbent mayor: Maryse Joissains-Masini[Amiens]
Incumbent mayor: Gilles Demailly[Angers]
Incumbent mayor: Frédéric Béatse[Bordeaux]
Incumbent mayor: Alain Juppé[Caen]
Incumbent mayor: Philippe Duron[Grenoble]
Incumbent mayor: Michel Destot[Le Havre]
Incumbent mayor: Édouard Philippe[Lille]
Incumbent mayor: Martine Aubry[Limoges]
Incumbent mayor: Alain Rodet[Lyon]
Incumbent mayor: Gérard Collomb[Marseille]
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Claude GaudinNancy">Nancy, France">Nancy
Incumbent mayor: André Rossinot[Paris]
In Paris, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet with 35,91 percent of the votes and Anne Hidalgo 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 got 91 seats, the lists supporting Kosciusko-Morizet received 71, while the Left Party received 1.