2023 French Senate election

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2023 French Senate election

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172 of 348 seats of the Senate
175 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Bruno Retailleau Patrick Kanner Hervé Marseille
Party LR SER UC
Leader's seat Vendée Nord Hauts-de-Seine
Last election 146 seats 78 seats 49 seats
Seats before 145 64 57
Seats after 139 69 51
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 9 Increase 2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader François Patriat Éliane Assassi
(retiring)
Jean-Claude Requier
(retiring)
Party RDPI CRCE RDSE
Leader's seat Côte-d'Or Seine-Saint-Denis Lot
Last election 21 seats 15 seats 21 seats
Seats before 24 15 14
Seats after 21 17 14
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 7

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Claude Malhuret Guillaume Gontard
Party LIRT EST
Leader's seat Allier Isère
Last election 11 seats 12 seats
Seats before 14 12
Seats after 17 16
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 4

Map of the departments with senators up for election

President of the Senate before election

Gérard Larcher
LR

Elected President of the Senate

Gérard Larcher[1]
LR

Senatorial elections took place on 24 September 2023 to renew 172 of the 348 seats in the Senate of the French Fifth Republic.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gérard Larcher est réélu président du Sénat pour la cinquième fois". Le Figaro (in French). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Mode d'élection des Sénateurs Sénat". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Les élections sénatoriales auront lieu le 24 septembre". Ouest France. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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