Senatorial elections were held on 27 September 2020 to pick 172 of the 348 seats in the
Senate of the
French Fifth Republic
The Fifth Republic (french: Cinquième République) is France's current republican system of government. It was established on 4 October 1958 by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.. The Fifth Republic emerged from ...
. The elections were a modest victory for the centre-right
Republicans. The environmentalist
Europe Ecology – The Greens
Europe Ecology – The Greens (french: Europe Écologie Les Verts , EELV ) is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of the European Green Party. The party was formed on 13 November 2010 from the merge ...
party entered the upper chamber, while
Emmanuel Macron's centrist
La République En Marche! party maintained their position, despite losses in the
2020 French municipal elections earlier in the year. The far-right
National Rally kept their one seat, and the Corsican nationalists gained their first seat as well.
Elected senators
References
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Senate (France) elections
2020 elections in France
September 2020 events in France