If he needed a last sign of fate to convince him to go there, Jean-Michel Aulas probably had it this Friday.
As in March, the former president of OL commanded a survey for the 2026 municipal elections in Lyon.
And if three months back, Cluster17’s study placed it 2nd behind Grégory Doucet (22% for the outgoing ecologist mayor, 17% for JMA), that made by Toluna-Harris Interactive in fact the first of the Lyon candidates.
If the municipal election took place this Sunday, Jean-Michel Aulas, supported by Horizons, Renaissance, the MoDem and the Republicans, would come first with 36% of the votes in the first round. He would ahead Grégory Doucet, supported by the Ecologists, the PS and the PCF, who would obtain 27% of the votes.
Behind, the deputy LFI Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi (who is not officially candidate editor’s note) would make 12% of the votes, just like the deputy RN Tiffany Joncour (who will not be a candidate since the RN will support the candidate UDR Alexandre Humbert Dupalais, not tested NDLR).
Former mayor Georges Képénékian and the former culture assistant Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert would close the march with 7% and 6% of the voting intentions respectively.
In the never-reliable gaming of the postponements of voice, Grégory Doucet would therefore be in favorable toll for a second term, starting from the principle that the rebellious votes, Georges Képénékian and Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert would come back to him. Unless JMA manages to refocus his campaign rather than hunting too much on the right.
The survey (from 1355 Lyonnais questioned by phone editor’s note) commissioned by Holnest, the AULA family holding company, should therefore consolidate it in its likely choice to be a candidate. It remains to be seen when I will formalize the thing. It is rumored that after planning to do so in early July, he could finally push the deadline for September so as not to stick too much to the problematic news of Olympique Lyonnais, which risks splashing.
