Municipal elections in

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took place on 23 and 30 March 2014, at the same time as other French municipal elections.

Anne Hidalgo Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (, ; born 1959) is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the Socialist Party. Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...

of the

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was elected

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, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She had been the city's deputy mayor. Hidalgo won with around 55% of the vote in the second round. Her principal opponent was

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet Nathalie Geneviève Marie Kosciusko-Morizet () (born 14 May 1973 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris), often referred to by her initials NKM, is an engineer, public figure and advocate, having previously had a political career. She was a Membe ...

of the UMP who had finished ahead of Hidalgo in first round of voting on 23 March. Opinion polls had already predicted, however, that Hidalgo would win in the second round

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on March 30."Socialist Anne Hidalgo expected to become first female mayor of Paris"
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'', 21 March 2014. The outgoing

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was the Socialists'

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, who did not run for a third term. Control of Paris' twenty arrondissements was also decided in the elections. Ten were won by the Socialist Party, nine by the UMP and one by EELV.

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