Since the end of the Second World War, Dijon and its agglomeration have elected alternately right, then left. Traditionally on the right, the city is shifting to the left in May 1968. In 1981, yes François Mitterrand won the presidential election, there were only a few voters in Dijon and the vast majority of the rural communes of the Côte-d’Or were dominated by the right. But since 1971the city elected only left-wing mayors.
the outgoing president comes first at the end of this first round with 30.01% of the votes cast. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is in second position (27.07%), followed by Marine Le Pen (15.11%). Then come Éric Zemmour (7.49%), Yannick Jadot (6.40%), Valérie Pécresse (4.83%), Anne Hidalgo (2.16%), Fabien Roussel (1.92%), Jean Lassalle ( 1.88%), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (1.70%), Philippe Poutou (0.85%) and Nathalie Arthaud (0.58%).
In 2017, Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the second round with 75.95% of the vote. The current president also came out on top in the first round and convinced 27.31% of voters, followed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon (21.89%) and François Fillon (20.91%). Marine Le Pen came fourth with 14.52% of the vote.
More recently, at the municipal elections, Dijon elected François Rebsamen, head of the Socialist Party list and in office since 2001.
