# 2020 Caen municipal election

The 2020 Caen municipal election took place on 15 March 2020 in conjunction with the first round of the 2020 French municipal elections throughout the country.

## Electoral history
### Election results in Caen since 2014

List of election results in Caen since 2014 :
| Election | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Election | 1st | 1st | % | 2nd | 2nd | % | 3rd | 3rd | % | 4th | 4th | % | 1st | 1st | % | 2nd | 2nd | % | 3rd | 3rd | % |
| 2014 Municipal election | | UMP | 30.79 | | PS | 26.21 | | UDI | 18.01 | | EELV | 10.22 | | UMP | 57.03 | | PS | 42.96 | - | - | - |
| 2014 European election | | UMP | 21.23 | | PS | 17.71 | | EELV | 14.37 | | FN | 13.65 | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. |
| 2015 Regional election | | LR | 32.96 | | PS | 29.95 | | FN | 13.33 | | EELV | 10.82 | | PS | 46.49 | | LR | 40.54 | | FN | 12.97 |
| 2017 Presidential election | | LREM | 29.55 | | LFI | 23.11 | | LR | 20.61 | | FN | 10.33 | | LREM | 82.09 | | FN | 17.91 | - | - | - |
| 2019 European election | | LREM | 26.80 | | EELV | 18.70 | | FN | 12.56 | | PS | 8.53 | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. | 1st round of voting only. |

## Declared candidates
### Lutte Ouvrière

The Worker's Struggle party list was led by Pierre Casevitz in Caen.

### La France Insoumise

The La France Insoumise party list was led by Philippe Velten.

### Socialist Party, Génération.s & GRS

The Socialist Party list was led by Gilles Déterville.

### Caen en commun

The Far-left list Caen en commun was led by Aurélien Guidi.

### Europe Ecology - The Greens, Citoyens à Caen, Community Party & Cap21

The Europe Ecology – The Greens party list was led by Rudy L'Orphelin.

### The Republicans

On 28 August 2018, incumbent Mayor Joël Bruneau announced that he was running for re-election as a member of The Republicans. His list was supported in 2020 by La République En Marche, the Union of Democrats and Independents and the Democratic Movement.

### National Rally

The National Rally list in Caen was led by Isabelle Gilbert.

## Election results

2020 Caen municipal election results :
| Leader | Leader | List | First Round | First Round | Seats | Seats |
| Leader | Leader | List | Votes | % | CM | CC |
| | Joël Bruneau | LR-LREM-UDI-MoDem | 10,541 | 50.79 | 43 | 33 |
| 33 ||
| | Rudy L'Orphelin | EELV-PRG-PCF-Cap21-Citoyens à Caen | 5,306 | 25.57 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 ||
| | Gilles Déterville | PS-G·s-GRS-AE | 1,929 | 9.30 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 ||
| | Aurélien Guidi | DVG | 1,098 | 5.29 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 ||
| | Isabelle Gilbert | RN | 1,095 | 5.28 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 ||
| | Philippe Velten | LFI | 550 | 2.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 ||
| | Pierre Casevitz | LO | 233 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 ||
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 20,752 | 97.66 | | |
| White votes | White votes | White votes | 138 | 0.65 | | |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 360 | 1.69 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 21,250 | 100 | 55 | 43 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 34,749 | 61.71 | | |
| Registered voters - voter turnout | Registered voters - voter turnout | Registered voters - voter turnout | 55,501 | 38.29 | | |