Overview
- Bally Bagayoko won 46 of 79 votes Tuesday, defeating Socialist mayor Karim Bouamrane 32 in a boisterous installation meeting.
- His win makes him the first LFI president of Plaine Commune, an intermunicipal body in the Grand Paris area that employs about 2,200 staff and manages urban planning, water, waste and other public services.
- On the eve of the vote, Bouamrane warned he could halt Saint‑Ouen’s annual payments of more than €26 million, a move that would squeeze poorer member cities that rely on shared funds.
- A left alliance cleared the way after public backing from the mayors of Aubervilliers, La Courneuve, Stains and L’Île‑Saint‑Denis.
- Bagayoko denied plans for a partisan takeover and pledged to work with all mayors, setting early priorities on water, core services and territorial planning and signaling tougher demands of the state.