The 2020

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

municipal elections took place on 15 March 2020, with a second round of voting initially expected for 22 March 2020. Like the rest of France, the second round was initially suspended due to the

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. On 22 May,

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announced that the second round of voting would take place on the 28th of June.

Incumbent and elected mayors

Right-wing politicians have remained largely dominant in the department. Already weakened during the last elections by losses in Schweighouse-sur-Moder,

Vendenheim Vendenheim (, ;; gsw, label= Alemannic, Vangene, gsw-FR, Fangene) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It has been the eastern terminus of the LGV Est high-speed rail from Pa ...

and

Schiltigheim Schiltigheim (, , and sometimes by non-local speakers of French; Alsatian: ''Schelige'' ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called ''Schilikois'' in French and ''Scheligemer'' ...

. The left lost further ground in

Erstein Erstein (, ; gsw, label= Alemannic, Eerstain) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France. History An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999– ...

Illkirch-Graffenstaden Illkirch-Graffenstaden () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Strasbourg, and is adjacent to it on the south-southwest. Illkirch-Graffenstaden is one of the ...

and Ostwald to the benefit of centrist and unaffiliated candidates. Even with divisions in her list during the second round of voting, Jeanne Baseghian, the mayoral candidate for Europe Écologie Les Verts, was able to maintain control of Strasbourg for the left.

Results by number of mayors elected

Results in communes with more than 5,000 residents

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* Incumbent mayor: Gilbert Scholly ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 7,238 residents) * 12 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays de Barr)

Benfeld

*Incumbent mayor: Jacky Wolfarth (

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) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,753 residents) * 6 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Canton d'Erstein)

Bischheim

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Louis Hoerlé ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 17,093 residents) * 3 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Bischwiller

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Lucien Netzer (

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) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 12,538 residents) * 8 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CA de Haguenau)

Brumath

*Incumbent mayor: Etienne Wolf ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 9,986 residents) * 6 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CA de Haguenau) *

Drusenheim

*Incumbent mayor: Jacky Keller ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,154 residents) * 6 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays Rhénan)

Eckbolsheim Eckbolsheim (; gsw-FR, Eckelse) is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin depart ...

*Incumbent mayor: André Lobstein ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 6,857 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Erstein Erstein (, ; gsw, label= Alemannic, Eerstain) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France. History An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999– ...

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Marc Willer ( DVG) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 10,630 residents) * 11 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Canton d'Erstein)

Eschau

*Incumbent mayor: Yves Sublon (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,303 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Fegersheim Fegersheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography and Economics Fegersheim is located to the south of Strasbourg, between the Rivers Andlau, Scheer and Ill. Between 1962 and 1999 the regis ...

*Incumbent mayor: Thierry Schaal (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,737 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg )

Geispolsheim Geispolsheim (; gsw-FR, Gaispítze) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Geispolsheim is positioned to the south of Strasbourg. The construction of a railway between Strasbourg and Mulhous ...

*Incumbent mayor: Sébastien Zaegel ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 7,540 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Haguenau

*Incumbent mayor: Claude Sturni (

) * 39 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 34,504 residents) * 23 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CA de Haguenau)

Hœnheim

*Incumbent mayor: Vincent Debes ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 11,215 residents) * 2 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Illkirch-Graffenstaden Illkirch-Graffenstaden () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Strasbourg, and is adjacent to it on the south-southwest. Illkirch-Graffenstaden is one of the ...

*Incumbent mayor: Claude Froehly ( PS) * 35 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 26,780 residents) * 6 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg )

Lingolsheim

*Incumbent mayor: Yves Bur ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 18,324 residents) * 4 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Molsheim Molsheim () is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Michel Weber ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 9,312 residents) * 10 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig)

Mutzig Mutzig ( or ; german: Mützig) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est, in north-eastern France. The commune of Mutzig is located at the entrance of the Bruche river valley, on the Route des Vins d'Alsace. History Evidences of h ...

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Luc Schickelé (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 6,011 residents) * 6 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig)

Oberhausbergen

*Incumbent mayor: Cécile Delattre-Van Hecke (

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) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,381 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Obernai Obernai ( Alsatian: ''Owernah''; german: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants hav ...

*Incumbent mayor: Bernard Fischer ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 11,279 residents) * 13 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays de Sainte-Odile)

Ostwald

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Marie Beutel ( PS) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 12,604 residents) * 2 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg )

Val-de-Moder

*Incumbent mayor: Jean-Denis Enderlin (

) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,096 residents) * 3 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CA de Haguenau)

Reichshoffen Reichshoffen ( or ; ; Alsatian: ''Risshoffe'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Église Saint-Michel de Reichshoffen was built in 1772. Population Politics and administration List of mayors ...

*Incumbent mayor: Hubert Walter ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,396 residents) * 8 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays de Niederbronn-les-Bains)

Rosheim Rosheim (; gsw-FR, Rose) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies southwest of Strasbourg, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. It is a winemaking town on the tourist "Road of the Wines ...

*Incumbent mayor: Michel Herr (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,149 residents) * 8 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC des Portes de Rosheim)

Saverne Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (2 ...

*Incumbent mayor: Stéphane Leyenberger ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 11,239 residents) * 17 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays de Saverne)

Schiltigheim Schiltigheim (, , and sometimes by non-local speakers of French; Alsatian: ''Schelige'' ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called ''Schilikois'' in French and ''Scheligemer'' ...

*Incumbent mayor: Danielle Dambach ( EELV) * 39 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 31,894 residents) * 7 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Sélestat Sélestat (; Alsatian: ''Schlettstàdt''; German: ''Schlettstadt'') is a commune in the Grand Est region of France. An administrative division (sous-préfecture) of the Bas-Rhin department, the town lies on the Ill river, from the Rhine and th ...

*Incumbent mayor: Marcel Bauer ( LR) * 33 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 19,252 residents) * 21 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC de Sélestat)

Souffelweyersheim Souffelweyersheim (; also german: Suffelweyersheim, ; gsw, Süffelwirsche in the Alsatian dialect) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, northeastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg. Etymology Souffelweyers ...

*Incumbent mayor: Pierre Perrin (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 8,001 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Strasbourg

*Incumbent mayor:

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( DVG) * 65 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 280,966 residents) * 49 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg) *

Vendenheim Vendenheim (, ;; gsw, label= Alemannic, Vangene, gsw-FR, Fangene) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It has been the eastern terminus of the LGV Est high-speed rail from Pa ...

*Incumbent mayor: Philippe Pfrimmer (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,664 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

La Wantzenau La Wantzenau (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Location The town is located 12 km northeast of Strasbourg. It is the last village along the Ill river before it joins the Rhine a few kilomet ...

*Incumbent mayor: Patrick Depyl (

) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,841 residents) * 1 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( Eurométropole de Strasbourg)

Wasselonne Wasselonne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune based in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in north-eastern France, more precisely, in the Grand Est region. The oldest firm of unleavened bread in France: Etablissements René Neymann, ...

*Incumbent mayor: Michèle Eschlimann ( LR) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 5,652 residents) * 10 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC de la Mossig et du Vignoble)

Wissembourg Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany a ...

*Incumbent mayor: Christian Gliech (

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) * 29 seats to be elected to the conseil municipal (population in 2017: 7,537 residents) * 15 seats to be elected to the conseil communautaire ( CC du Pays de Wissembourg)

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