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.
An exit poll by pollster BVA showed:[1]
* 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).
* 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),
Incumbent mayor: Maryse Joissains-Masini (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: Gilles Demailly (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Frédéric Béatse (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Alain Juppé (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: Philippe Duron (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Michel Destot (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Édouard Philippe (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: Martine Aubry (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Alain Rodet (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Gérard Collomb (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: André Rossinot (UDI)
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.[2]
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.[3]
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Marc Pujol (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: Adeline Hazan (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Hubert Falco (UMP)
Incumbent mayor: Pierre Cohen (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Jean-Paul Bret (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Eugène Binaisse (PS)
Incumbent mayor: Martine Lignières-Cassou (PS)