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Municipal elections were held in France on 13 and 20 March 1977.
By 1977, PresidentValéry Giscard d'Estaing had been in power since 1974.
The left-wing coalition of theCommunists andSocialists, united under a "government program" swept the elections. Out of 221 cities with over 30,000 inhabitants, the left won 155. The Socialists gainedRennes,Angers,Brest,Nantes,Villeurbanne,Pau, andCannes. The Communists gainedLe Mans,Reims, andSaint-Étienne. For the first time, green parties realized their first breakthroughs.
For the first time since 1789French Revolution, elections were held to themayorship of Paris. The former Prime Minister and RPR candidateJacques Chirac was elected, defeating the GiscardianRI candidateMichel d'Ornano.