Municipal elections in Paris: beyond the duel of personalities

The municipal election campaign in Paris was largely read through the confrontation between Emmanuel Grégoire and Rachida Dati, contributing to the highly personalized nature of the vote. While the equation specific to each candidate naturally weighed heavily, the results invite us to look beyond individual trajectories.

Firstly, they confirm the persistence of the divide between the west and east of the capital, still a structuring feature of Parisian political geography. But they also reveal the realignments underway, in a sequence of late Macronism where the electoral balances emerging from 2017 appear increasingly fragile.