François Cuillandre has been mayor of Brest since 2001. - Damien Meyer / AFP

A much less clear victory but a victory nonetheless. Despite his legal troubles, the socialist mayor François Cuillandre came out on top in the first round of the municipal elections in Brest with 26.54% of the vote. In 2014, he had flown the first round, collecting 42.46% of the votes.

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Like six years ago, his main opponent Bernadette Malgorn came second in the first round. The candidate of the right and former prefect of the Brittany region won 18.87% of the vote.

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Pending negotiations for the second round, the ecologist Ronan Pichon also held on with 15.74% of the vote, as did the candidate for the Republic on the march Marc Coatanéa, who ranked fourth with 12.60% of the vote.

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