The results of Ifop’s study for Midi Libre on the electoral climate in Nîmes (February 6-13, 2026) reveal a municipal landscape structured around several poles, with no overwhelming dominance, but with clear power relationships. In the first round, the left-wing union list led by Vincent Bouget would come out on top with 30%, ahead of the municipal majority list led by Franck Proust (24%) and Julien Sanchez’s RN-UDR list (21%). Behind them, Julien Plantier’s diverse right-wing list (supported by Renaissance and the MoDem) would reach 14%, while Pascal Duprëtz’s LFI list would be at 9%, and the citizens’ list led by Jean-Marc Philibert at 2%.nnThe “block” reading is clear: a united left that would plateau high, a solid but not hegemonic outgoing municipal bloc, and an already well-established RN. Sociological cleavages emerge strongly: the Union de la gauche list is more dominant among women (38% vs. 22% among men), while Sanchez’s RN is higher among men (27% vs. 15% among women), and is clearly gaining ground among the working classes (up to 32% among blue-collar workers). The municipal majority list would perform best among 50-64 year-olds (32%) and remain strong among those aged 65 and over (28%), while Julien Plantier’s list would stand out above all among voters for Emmanuel Macron in 2022 (34%). Finally, the vote for the LFI list is highly generational: it climbs to 21% among the under-35s (up to 30% among 18-24s), but plummets among the older age groups (6% among those 35 and over).nnAgainst this backdrop, voting already seems relatively stable: 74% of voters say they are sure of their choice in the first round. However, this stability is not uniform: it reaches 90% among RN supporters, 78% for the list led by Vincent Bouget, and only 60% for Julien Plantier, where choices seem even more likely to change.nnIn the second round, the study confirms that the structural advantage today lies with the Union de la gauche: the Union de la gauche list would be in the lead at 37%, ahead of the municipal majority list (23%) and the Rassemblement national list (25%), while the list led by Julien Plantier would fall back to 15%.