Bas-Rhin ● Lundi 23 mars
Catherine Trautmann Elected Mayor of Strasbourg After Dramatic Evening, PS Disavows Its Own Candidate
On March 22, 2026, Bas-Rhin experiences its new elected officials. Catherine Trautmann (Socialist Party) becomes mayor of Strasbourg again twenty-five years after her last term, with 37% of votes against Jeanne Barseghian (Greens-La France Insoumise, 31.7%) and Jean-Philippe Vetter (center-right, 31.3%) in a three-way race of exceptional tightness. The evening was marked by an unprecedented electoral confusion: Ifop announced Barseghian's victory at 20:55, contradicted by definitive results. The Socialist Party had withdrawn its endorsement from Catherine Trautmann before the election to punish her alliance with Pierre Jakubowicz (Horizons). In Haguenau, Claude Sturni (center-right) is reelected by a wide margin. In Schiltigheim, Nathalie Jampoc-Bertrand (Socialist Party) becomes the new mayor.