In Saint-Denis, turnout was lower than in 89% of compared French communes
Ericka Bareigts has been mayor of Saint-Denis since March 23, 2026, elected by the 59 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, SAINT-DENIS POUR TOUS won 52 of the 59 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 62.2% of the votes. Saint-Denis is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale du Nord de la Réunion (CINOR).
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Réunion and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Saint-Denis’s town hall
Won in the first round
SAINT-DENIS POUR TOUS won 62.2% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 9 lists stood. It took 52 of the 59 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 7. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
45.2% of registered voters in Saint-Denis voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 89% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Réunion was 61.4%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
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.
- SAINT-DENIS POUR TOUS5228 community seats
- LA FORCE D'AGIR POUR SAINT-DENIS !32 community seats
- DIONYSIENS RASSEMBLÉS POUR CHANGER21 community seat
- RASSEMBLEMENT DIONYSIEN21 community seat
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 Saint-Denis 32 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale du Nord de la Réunion (CINOR) (community seats).
Source: Interior ministry, 2026 municipal election results (March 15 and 22), subject to corrections and appeals.
4 authorities share the work
The commune is the tier closest to residents; the intercommunality, the département and the région do the rest.
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: Ericka Bareigts · 59 councilors
The services its communes share: usually waste collection, economic development and planning documents; often water and local buses.
Social aid (RSA, care for older and disabled people, child protection), collèges, the département’s roads, and funding for fire and rescue.
Lycées, regional trains (TER) and coaches, economic development and job training.
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 23, 2026Ericka Bareigts
- 2Deputy mayors17 adjoints, elected by the councilJean-François HoareauBrigitte AdameGérard FrancoiseMonique OrphéYassine MangroliaJulie LallemandJacques LowinskyAlexandra Clain+9 more
- 3Saint-Denis municipal council59 seats by listSAINT-DENIS POUR TOUS 52 · LA FORCE D'AGIR POUR SAINT-DENIS ! 3 · DIONYSIENS RASSEMBLÉS POUR CHANGER 2 · RASSEMBLEMENT DIONYSIEN 2
- 4Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale du Nord de la Réunion (CINOR)Saint-Denis holds 32 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 59 members of the Saint-Denis municipal council
The mayor and 17 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ericka Bareigts | Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-François Hoareau | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Brigitte Adame | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Gérard Francoise | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Monique Orphé | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Yassine Mangrolia | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Julie Lallemand | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jacques Lowinsky | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Alexandra Clain | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Riviere | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Véronique Malayandy | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| David Belda | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Claudette Clain | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Guillaume Kichenama | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Tracy Natan | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-Alexandre Poleya | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Audrey Robert | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Patrice Bedier | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
Show the full council (59)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ericka Bareigts | Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-François Hoareau | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Brigitte Adame | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Gérard Francoise | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Monique Orphé | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Yassine Mangrolia | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Julie Lallemand | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jacques Lowinsky | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Alexandra Clain | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Riviere | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Véronique Malayandy | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| David Belda | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Claudette Clain | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Guillaume Kichenama | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Tracy Natan | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Jean-Alexandre Poleya | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Audrey Robert | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Patrice Bedier | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 23, 2026 |
| Philippe Algot | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marina Ally-Isse | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Maximin Assoune | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Pauline Bacca | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sonia Bardinot | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christèle Beaumier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Audrey Belim | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Geneviève Bommalais | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Patrice Boulevart | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Max Boyer | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sybille Boyer | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marion Chauvot | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Audrey Coridon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Shënaz Damour | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Stéphane Depeche | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Éline Hubert | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Arnaud Huguet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marylise Isidore | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Fabrice Jams | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Virgile Kichenin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Charles Kichenin Moutalou | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Xavier Layemar | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Gaëlle Lebon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Stéphane Lim-Su-Kwaï | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hendata M'Madi Mogne | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Larissa Mara | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Marchau | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Philippe Naillet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean Max Nativel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Mickaël Noël | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Julie Pontalba | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Joëlle Raharinosy | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Olivier Refane | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Linda Ringuin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Thomas Robert | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Audrey Rougemont Payet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie France Samourgompoullé | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Dany Santoulangue Gicquiaud | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marcel Testan | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| René-Paul Victoria | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Giovanni Virapin Modely | 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 Saint-Denis, above.
How Saint-Denis voted in March 2026
9 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
48,903 votes cast for a list
50,901 of 112,687 registered voters in Saint-Denis voted.
1,108 blank and 890 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.
Saint-Denis spends €1,811 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
Saint-Denis owed €136.3M at the end of 2025, €864 per resident, higher than in 59% of compared French communes, equal to 61% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,811 | €403 | €864 | €136.3M |
| 2024 | €1,838 | €420 | €885 | €138.4M |
| 2023 | €1,756 | €388 | €996 | €153.9M |
| 2022 | €1,649 | €324 | €1,334 | €207.2M |
| 2021 | €1,604 | €286 | €1,375 | €209M |
| 2020 | €1,604 | €289 | €1,389 | €207.4M |
| 2019 | €1,686 | €355 | €1,397 | €208.6M |
| 2018 | €1,676 | €330 | €1,321 | €196.1M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 11th 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: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Saint-Denis
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 Saint-Denis 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 Saint-Denis’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Saint-Denis?
Ericka Bareigts, mayor since March 23, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Saint-Denis have?
The Saint-Denis municipal council has 59 members, the mayor and 17 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Saint-Denis?
SAINT-DENIS POUR TOUS, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 62.2% of the votes; it holds 52 of the 59 seats.
What was the turnout in Saint-Denis?
45.2% 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 Saint-Denis?
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 Saint-Denis have?
€136.3M at the end of 2025, €864 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Saint-Denis part of?
Saint-Denis is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Intercommunale du Nord de la Réunion (CINOR), 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.