In Cayenne, turnout was lower than in 99% of compared French communes
Sandra Trochimara has been mayor of Cayenne since March 21, 2026, elected by the 49 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, POUR CAYENNE, GARDONS NOTRE CAP won 44 of the 49 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 72.4% of the votes. Cayenne is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral.
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.
What stands out about Cayenne’s town hall
Won in the first round
POUR CAYENNE, GARDONS NOTRE CAP won 72.4% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 5 lists stood. It took 44 of the 49 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 5. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
34.5% of registered voters in Cayenne voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 99% of compared French communes (France median 57.4%). 2026 elections ↓
Less debt per resident than most
Cayenne owed €22.2M at the end of 2025, €346 per resident: lower than in 83% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 21% of a year’s running costs. 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.
- POUR CAYENNE, GARDONS NOTRE CAP4422 community seats
- VOTRE AVENIR CAYENNE 2050 NOTRE PRIORITÉ32 community seats
- CAYENNE A BESOIN DE VOUS10 community seats
- CAYENNE RENAISSANCE10 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 Cayenne 24 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral (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: Sandra Trochimara · 49 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, 2026Sandra Trochimara
- 2Deputy mayors14 adjoints, elected by the councilJulner BelizaireLaura HidairJean-Marc AmbroiseSonia FranciusJean-Yves ContoutFabiola Saint-HilaireJean LaquitaineHelene Paul+6 more
- 3Cayenne municipal council49 seats by listPOUR CAYENNE, GARDONS NOTRE CAP 44 · VOTRE AVENIR CAYENNE 2050 NOTRE PRIORITÉ 3 · CAYENNE A BESOIN DE VOUS 1 · CAYENNE RENAISSANCE 1
- 4Communauté d'agglomération du Centre LittoralCayenne holds 24 seatsCommunity councilors are drawn from the council lists in the same vote.
Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.
The 49 members of the Cayenne municipal council
The mayor and 14 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Trochimara | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Julner Belizaire | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laura Hidair | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Marc Ambroise | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Sonia Francius | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Yves Contout | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Fabiola Saint-Hilaire | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean Laquitaine | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Helene Paul | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jemêtree Guard | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Victor | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Marc Olivier Anatole | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Dominique Bertoni | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Roland Loe-Mie | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Farah Khan | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
Show the full council (49)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Trochimara | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Julner Belizaire | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laura Hidair | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Marc Ambroise | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Sonia Francius | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Yves Contout | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Fabiola Saint-Hilaire | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean Laquitaine | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Helene Paul | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jemêtree Guard | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Victor | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Marc Olivier Anatole | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Dominique Bertoni | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Roland Loe-Mie | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Farah Khan | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Dean-Nick Allen | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Joseph Belbrun | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Rollin Bellony | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Sylvie Benoit | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Manouschka Bourdon-Metella | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Kenny Chen-Tung | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Simone Chin-Ten-Fung | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Claire Chinon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Charles-André Clarke | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nadine Colin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Bernadette Duclona | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Thierry Elibox | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christian Faubert | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Melissa Fowel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Yannick Francois | Conseiller municipal | March 21, 2026 |
| Maurice Gouait | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Patrick Louis | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Alix Madeleine | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Ariane Mande Bias | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Michel Manguer | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Faviana Mathias | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Claude Mortin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Joël Gilbert Narcisse | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Marthe Panelle-Karam | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Claudine Prepont | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Dorothy Ribal | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sadia Robo Ayanne | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Erick Saha | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Zadkiel Saint-Orice | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sylviana Samson | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Arlette Sanite | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Rolande Sileber | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Olivier Taoumi | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Paul Tarcy | 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 Cayenne, above.
How Cayenne voted in March 2026
5 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
8,710 votes cast for a list
9,079 of 26,287 registered voters in Cayenne voted.
218 blank and 151 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.
Cayenne spends €2,063 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
Cayenne owed €22.2M at the end of 2025, €346 per resident, lower than in 83% of compared French communes, equal to 21% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €2,063 | €432 | €346 | €22.2M |
| 2024 | €2,072 | €454 | €395 | €25.2M |
| 2023 | €1,777 | €382 | €425 | €28.2M |
| 2022 | €1,596 | €238 | €484 | €31.9M |
| 2021 | €1,584 | €249 | €555 | €35.5M |
| 2020 | €1,543 | €235 | €554 | €34.2M |
| 2019 | €1,639 | €274 | €621 | €37.9M |
| 2018 | €2,011 | €337 | €711 | €41.2M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 4th 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: Hyères, €208. Highest: Levallois-Perret, €3,685.
Have a say in Cayenne
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 Cayenne 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 Cayenne’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Cayenne?
Sandra Trochimara, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Cayenne have?
The Cayenne municipal council has 49 members, the mayor and 14 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Cayenne?
POUR CAYENNE, GARDONS NOTRE CAP, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 72.4% of the votes; it holds 44 of the 49 seats.
What was the turnout in Cayenne?
34.5% 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 Cayenne?
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 Cayenne have?
€22.2M at the end of 2025, €346 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Cayenne part of?
Cayenne is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral, 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.