French Senate election, 2004

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September 26, 2004

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A third of seats (117) to the French Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Josselin de Rohan	Jean-Pierre Bel	Michel Mercier
Party	UMP	PS	UDF
Leader's seat	Morbihan	Ariège	Rhône
Last election	162	83	31
Seats won	155	97	33
Seat change	7	14	2

President of the Senate before election

Christian Poncelet
UMP

Elected President of the Senate

Christian Poncelet
UMP

Following the end of the 9-year terms of 127 "series C" senators, indirect senatorial elections were held in France on September 26, 2004.

This was the last renewal of serie C senators- following the electoral reform, senators are not elected by thirds to nine-year terms but by halves to six-year terms.

Since 2001, 10 seats had been added to Senate. This election elected Senators from 28 departments on the mainland (115 seats including 107 incumbents and 8 new seats), 2 from Guadeloupe and Martinique (5 seats including 4 incumbents and one new seat), 2 from overseas territories, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (3 seats including 2 incumbents and one new seat), and 4 senators representing French citizens abroad.

The 117 incumbents were divided in the following way:

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