French Senate election, 2014

28 September 2014

178 of 348 seats in the Senate 175 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Jean-Claude Gaudin	Didier Guillaume
Party	UMP	PS
Alliance	Presidential Majority	Union of the Left
Leader since	1 October 2008
Leader's seat	Bouches-du-Rhône	Drôme
Seats before	167 (Alliance)	177 (Alliance)
Seats after	187 (Alliance)	152 (Alliance)
Swing	20	25

President of the Senate before election

Jean-Pierre Bel
PS

President-elect of the Senate

Gérard Larcher
UMP

Red areas show departments in contention in the election (Series 2).

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An indirect election for the French Senate was held on Sunday 28 September 2014. Senators were primarily elected by municipal officials, and the number of seats is fixed at 348. In the 2011 election, the Socialist Party (then in opposition) and other left-of-centre parties gained a majority of seats in the French upper house for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic.^[1] The UMP-led coalition won back the majority, regaining control of the Senate after three years.

Issues

Candidates for the Senate Presidency

The incumbent President Jean-Pierre Bel was not candidate for his reelection.^[2] For the UMP Group, the former President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin or Senator Philippe Marini were candidates. Former Minister for Relations with Parliament Roger Karoutchi, former Minister of Defense Gérard Longuet and Senato Bruno Retailleau from Vendée ran for the presidency of the UMP Group.

References

↑ Louet, Sophie (25 September 2011). "French left seizes Senate majority, hurts Sarkozy". Reuters. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
↑ http://www.europe1.fr/MediaCenter/Emissions/L-edito-politique/Videos/Le-president-du-Senat-Jean-Pierre-Bel-ne-sera-pas-candidat-a-sa-propre-succession-1907125/

Senate of France

Leadership	President Vice Presidents Secretaries Questors Committee Chairs

Opposition	Leader of the Opposition

Standing Committees	Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Social Affairs Culture, Education and Communication Economy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Finance Laws

Elections & members	1959 (m) 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 (m) 2008 (m) 2011 (m) 2014 (m)

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