# 2020 Saintes municipal election, first round

[France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr.md) / [Saintes](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes.md), March 15, 2020

Jean-Philippe Machon led with 21.6% of the vote, 1.1 points ahead of Bruno Drapron.

## Rounds

### Round 1, March 15, 2020

- Jean-Philippe Machon, 21.6%
- Bruno Drapron, 20.5%
- Rémy Catrou, 19.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2020-06-28-runoff/conseil-municipal.md), June 28, 2020

- Bruno Drapron, 31.8% (Won)
- Pierre Dietz, 28.7% (Won)
- Jean-Philippe Machon, 23.4% (Won)
- Rémy Catrou, 16.1% (Won)

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Philippe Machon | LDVC | 1,539 | 21.6% |
| Bruno Drapron | LDVC | 1,462 | 20.5% |
| Rémy Catrou | LUG | 1,363 | 19.1% |
| Pierre Dietz | LDVG | 1,254 | 17.6% |
| Pierre Maudoux | LDVC | 843 | 11.8% |
| Renée Benchimol Lauribe | LVEC | 666 | 9.3% |

Valid votes: 7,127

Turnout: 39.6% (7,382 of 18,653 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 15, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2026-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.md): Bruno Drapron, 55.2%
- March 15, 2020: Bruno Drapron, 31.8%
- [March 23, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2014-03-23-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean-Philippe Machon, 55.7%
- [March 9, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2008-03-09-local/conseil-municipal.md): Jean Rouger, 49.2%
- [March 11, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2001-03-11-local/conseil-municipal.md): Liste divers droite, 51.1%

## Also on the ballot in France on March 15, 2020

- [Local races across France](https://electionsarchive.com/fr/2020-03-15-local.md) (9,914)

## Sources

- [Élections municipales 2020](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/5e7102d5ebe5d838b7581662/), Ministère de l'Intérieur. License: Licence Ouverte v2.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/fr/saintes/2020-03-15-local/conseil-municipal.json.