In Besançon, Ludovic Fagaut of the Les Républicains party secured a landmark victory with 53.29 percent of the vote, ending over seven decades of left-wing governance.David Guiraud claimed a decisive win in Roubaix for La France Insoumise, while Aly Diouara took La Courneuve, ending thirty years of communist administration.Fabrice Loher of the Union of Democrats and Independents retained his seat in Lorient following a tight race against a Green and Socialist alliance.