Two left

The centre-left "radical" group and the communists & greens came in third and fourth in the first round of the mayoral elections, with 19% and 11% of the vote respectively. Under the rules for larger towns, both lists had the right to continue to Sunday's final round. Both of them decided to withdraw, however. The communists advised their followers to vote for the Parti Socialiste list, but the third-place PRG declined to endorse the PS leaders. The rifts within the left are deep and rancorous.