In Awala-Yalimapo, turnout beat 99% of compared French communes
Josy Joseph has been mayor of Awala-Yalimapo since March 21, 2026, elected by the 19 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, AVEC VOUS POUR AWALA-YALIMAPO won 15 of the 19 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 55.1% of the votes. Awala-Yalimapo is part of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the France median is the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade); none in this département is compared. Awala-Yalimapo has 1,577 residents; every compared commune has 2,507 or more, so read its place among them with that in mind.
What stands out about Awala-Yalimapo’s town hall
Won in the first round
AVEC VOUS POUR AWALA-YALIMAPO won 55.1% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 2 lists stood. It took 15 of the 19 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 4. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
80.7% of registered voters in Awala-Yalimapo voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 99% of compared French communes (France median 57.4%). 2026 elections ↓
Less debt per resident than most
Awala-Yalimapo owed €398K at the end of 2025, €256 per resident: lower than in 89% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 18% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
Little investment
Awala-Yalimapo invested €259 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 15% of its spending: lower than in 76% of compared French communes (France median €403). Investment swings from year to year with projects. The commune’s money ↓
Results as the Interior ministry published them; accounts from the DGFiP via OFGL. Nothing here is graded.
The council the voters chose
Seats as the March 2026 results gave them, one dot a seat.
- AVEC VOUS POUR AWALA-YALIMAPO151 community seat
- AWALA-YALIMAPO,TERRE DE PARTAGE40 community seats
As elected in the first round, March 15, 2026.
The list that comes first gets half the seats; the rest are shared in proportion among the lists with 5% or more, the winner included. So the winning list always has a majority. The same vote gave Awala-Yalimapo 1 seat on the council of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais (community seats).
Source: Interior ministry, 2026 municipal election results (March 15 and 22), subject to corrections and appeals.
3 authorities share the work
In French Guiana one territorial authority does the work of both the département and the région.
Births, marriages and deaths, the electoral roll, nursery and primary schools, local roads, planning permission, the municipal police, and what else the council takes on.
Mayor: Josy Joseph · 19 councilors
The services its communes share: usually waste collection, economic development and planning documents; often water and local buses.
Everything the département and the région do elsewhere: social aid, collèges, lycées, roads, regional transport and the economy.
Who to ask
The usual split of powers (service-public.fr); an intercommunality’s exact remit varies, so check its website for waste, water and buses.
Membership: COG 2026 (INSEE); intercommunality type: BANATIC, January 2025. What each tier does: service-public.fr.
From the mayor to the intercommunality
The officials as the Interior ministry’s register lists them, and the council by list.
- 1Mayorsince March 21, 2026Josy Joseph
- 2Deputy mayors5 adjoints, elected by the councilDavid Jean-JacquesKasmina GayadinAlbert WilliamNathalie TherèseArnaud Charles
- 3Awala-Yalimapo municipal council19 seats by listAVEC VOUS POUR AWALA-YALIMAPO 15 · AWALA-YALIMAPO,TERRE DE PARTAGE 4
- 4Communauté de communes de l'Ouest GuyanaisAwala-Yalimapo holds 1 seatCommunity councilors are drawn from the council lists in the same vote.
Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.
The 19 members of the Awala-Yalimapo municipal council
The mayor and 5 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Josy Joseph | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| David Jean-Jacques | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Kasmina Gayadin | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Albert William | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Nathalie Therèse | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Arnaud Charles | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
Show the full council (19)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Josy Joseph | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| David Jean-Jacques | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Kasmina Gayadin | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Albert William | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Nathalie Therèse | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Arnaud Charles | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Nathan Asawinie | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Brandon Auguste | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Raphaël Auguste | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Paul Fereira | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Daniel François | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Douchka Galima | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Linda Galima | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Orlane Jean-Jacques | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Trischa Kajirale | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Cheyenne Lieutenant | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Savannah Malajuwara | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Daniel Saint-Omer | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Youani Tiouka | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
Names and offices as the Interior ministry’s national register of elected officials (RNE) published them on August 11, 2026, written as it writes them. Public role only. Later resignations and replacements aren’t shown.
The council: same source as Who represents Awala-Yalimapo, above.
How Awala-Yalimapo voted in March 2026
2 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
615 votes cast for a list
618 of 766 registered voters in Awala-Yalimapo voted.
3 blank and 0 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
Turnout, first round · March 15, 2026
Shares are of the votes cast for a list, leaving out blank and spoilt ballots. Lists in vote order; the colors only tell the lists apart.
2026 elections: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Awala-Yalimapo spends €1,692 per resident a year
The commune’s consolidated accounts: main and annexed budgets, transfers between them removed.
Per resident, 2025 · against compared communes
Spending and debt per resident, 2018 to 2025
Awala-Yalimapo owed €398K at the end of 2025, €256 per resident, lower than in 89% of compared French communes, equal to 18% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,692 | €259 | €256 | €398K |
| 2024 | €1,810 | €312 | €297 | €452K |
| 2023 | €1,472 | €343 | €364 | €542K |
| 2022 | €1,240 | €174 | €388 | €566K |
| 2021 | €1,400 | €406 | €399 | €576K |
| 2020 | €1,224 | €141 | €437 | €622K |
| 2019 | €1,327 | €217 | €616 | €866K |
| 2018 | €1,136 | €119 | €623 | €866K |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 10th lowest debt per resident of 41 communes its size
The 40 compared communes nearest in population, debt per resident at the end of 2025.
Lowest: Watten, €1. Highest: Mers-les-Bains, €3,228.
Have a say in Awala-Yalimapo
French citizens register online or at the town hall; citizens of other EU countries can vote in municipal elections too.
service-public.fr ↗See where you’re registered and which polling station is yours.
service-public.fr ↗Council meetings are public; the agenda and minutes are posted at the town hall and usually on its website.
service-public.fr ↗Opening hours, address and phone number of the mairie of Awala-Yalimapo in the public services directory.
lannuaire.service-public.fr ↗Who can stand, how lists are formed and the deadlines, from the Interior ministry.
interieur.gouv.fr ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Mayors and councilors. From the Interior ministry’s national register of elected officials (RNE) as published on August 11, 2026: name, office and start dates, nothing else. The register counts a mayor as a councilor too; the page counts each person once. It isn’t a live roll: resignations and replacements after that date aren’t shown, and no party is inferred for any official.
- How the council is elected. Since March 2026 every commune elects its council from lists (a 2025 law extended list voting to communes under 1,000). A list with more than half the votes in the first round wins; otherwise lists with 10% or more can go on to a second round, where the list ahead wins. It gets half the seats, and the rest are shared in proportion among lists with 5% or more. The council then elects the mayor and the deputy mayors.
- The label beside a list. The political nuance the prefecture gave the list for the ministry’s results (Divers droite, Union de la gauche…), shown as published. It isn’t the list’s own description; many lists, most in small communes, have none.
- The commune’s money. OFGL’s consolidated accounts from the DGFiP, 2018 to 2025; 2025 is provisional. Spending and investment leave out loan repayments; running costs are part of spending. Debt is what was owed at the end of the year.
- Per resident. Divided by the DGFiP’s population for that year (population totale, which counts some people, such as boarding students, in two communes), so it can differ from the census figure elsewhere on the site.
- The medians. Beside the town’s figure, the median of compared communes in its département and in France (those with an overall grade). A commune’s spending follows its size and its role: one that runs a pool or a theater for the villages around it spends more per resident.
Questions about Awala-Yalimapo’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Awala-Yalimapo?
Josy Joseph, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Awala-Yalimapo have?
The Awala-Yalimapo municipal council has 19 members, the mayor and 5 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Awala-Yalimapo?
AVEC VOUS POUR AWALA-YALIMAPO, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 55.1% of the votes; it holds 15 of the 19 seats.
What was the turnout in Awala-Yalimapo?
80.7% of registered voters voted in the first round on March 15, 2026; the median of compared French communes was 57.4%.
When are the next municipal elections in Awala-Yalimapo?
Councils are elected for six years, so the next general municipal elections are due in March 2032. A council can be re-elected sooner if it loses too many members.
How much debt does Awala-Yalimapo have?
€398K at the end of 2025, €256 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Awala-Yalimapo part of?
Awala-Yalimapo is part of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais, which runs the services its communes share.
Sources: Interior ministry RNE, August 11, 2026 · Interior ministry, municipal results 2026 · OFGL consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 · INSEE COG 2026 and BANATIC (January 2025) for the intercommunality. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.