"Early results show that the far-right candidate Louis Aliot has held the town of Perpignan with 51.4 percent of the vote, while the centre-right mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart has also been re-elected with 59.5 percent. In the town of Vernon in the greater Paris region, mayor Francois Ouzilleau - a close ally of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu - was also re-elected in the first round."
"The town in Henin-Beaumont in north-east France - a stronghold for the far-right where Marine Le Pen is the local MP - re-elected the far-right mayor with 78 percent of the vote, according to the preliminary results. In order to win in the first round, the candidate must score 50 percent or more."
"Any candidate who got more than 10 percent of the vote can advance to round two, and in bigger communes candidates who get less than 10 percent are permitted to merge with another losing candidate in order to progress to the second round. Second rounds usually have three or four candidates but the numbers can be higher."
France held local elections across 35,000 communes on Sunday to elect municipal councils and mayors. Early results demonstrate mixed outcomes: far-right candidate Louis Aliot retained Perpignan with 51.4 percent, centre-right Natacha Bouchart re-won Calais with 59.5 percent, and far-right candidates dominated in strongholds like Henin-Beaumont with 78 percent. Candidates securing 50 percent or more win outright in the first round, while those receiving less than 50 percent advance to a second round scheduled for March 22nd. Candidates exceeding 10 percent can progress to round two, with opportunities for electoral alliances among lower-performing candidates in larger communes. Outright first-round victories are more common in smaller towns and villages.
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