2023 French Senate election

Senatorial elections took place on 24 September 2023 to renew 172 of the 348 seats in the Senate of the French Fifth Republic. The Republicans, led by Bruno Retailleau, emerged as the largest group for the fourth consecutive cycle, but lost 7 seats.^[2][3]

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   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 7 9 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader François Patriat Cécile Cukierman Maryse Carrère Party RDPI CRCE RDSE Leader's seat Côte-d'Or Loire Hautes-Pyrénées Last election 21 seats 15 seats 21 seats Seats before 24 15 14 Seats after 21 17 14 Seat change 2 7   Seventh party Eighth party   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 6 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

Context

2020 senatorial elections

The 2020 senatorial elections led to a renforcement of the right-wing and centre majority. The parties making up majority of the National Assembly failed to gain ascendancy, while the Ecologist group reappeared.

Composition of the Senate after the 2020 elections

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the renewal of six senators representing French citizens living abroad was pushed back a year, while the French consular elections were themselves postponed till May 2021. As a result, their renewal took place in September 2021.^[4]

In its previous configuration from the elections of 2022, the Senate was composed of three major groups (LR, UC and SER) and six minor groups. It was thus predominantly right- and centre-leaning. The Republicans and Centrist Union group had 202 out of 348 seats, forming a majority. The main force of opposition came from the Socialists with 64 senators.

2022 presidential and legislative elections

These elections took place 16 months after the 2022 presidential election, which saw the reelection of the outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, as well as 14 months after the 2022 legislative election, which marked the end of the 15th legislature of the Fifth Republic. The latter led to a recomposition of the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament.

Partisan objectives

The senatorial majority of the right and centre was the favourite retain the their majority. According to senator Roger Karoutchi of Hauts-de-Seine, the prospects ranged from a loss of 5 seats to a gain of 2 seats within the Senate Republicans, the most important group in terms of the numerical strength in the Senate.

With regard to the centrists, their objective was the surpassing the Socialist group and becoming the Senate's secondary political group. Numerically, the group's prospects ranged from a loss of 4 seats to a gain of 3 seats.^[5]

Results

Detailed results

Departement	Outgoing senator	Party		Elected senator	Party
Indre-et-Loire	Serge Babary		LR	Jean-Gérard Paumier		LR
	Isabelle Raimond-Pavero		LR	Vincent Louault		HOR
	Pierre Louault		SE	Pierre-Alain Roiron		PS
Isère	Michel Savin		LR	Michel Savin		LR
	Frédérique Puissat		LR	Frédérique Puissat		LR
	André Vallini		PS	Damien Michallet		LR
	Didier Rambaud		RE	Didier Rambaud		RE
	Guillaume Gontard		EELV	Guillaume Gontard		EELV
Jura	Marie-Christine Chauvin		LR	Clément Pernot		LR
	Sylvie Vermeillet		PRV	Sylvie Vermeillet		PRV
Landes	Monique Lubin		PS	Monique Lubin		PS
	Éric Kerrouche		PS	Éric Kerrouche		PS
Loir-et-Cher	Jean-Marie Janssens		UDI	Bernard Pillefer		SE
	Jean-Paul Prince		PS	Jean-Luc Brault		SE
Loire	Bernard Bonne		LR	Hervé Reynaud		LR
	Bernard Fournier		LR	Pierre-Jean Rochette		SE
	Jean-Claude Tissot		PS	Jean-Claude Tissot		PS
	Cécile Cukierman		PCF	Cécile Cukierman		PCF
Haute-Loire	Laurent Duplomb		LR	Laurent Duplomb		LR
	Olivier Cigolotti		UDI	Olivier Cigolotti		UDI
Loire-Atlantique	Laurence Garnier		LR	Laurence Garnier		LR
	Joël Guerriau		HOR	Joël Guerriau		HOR
	Yannick Vaugrenard		PS	Philippe Grosvalet		PS
	Michelle Meunier		PS	Karine Daniel		PS
	Ronan Dantec		EELV	Ronan Dantec		EELV
Loiret	Hugues Saury		LR	Hugues Saury		LR
	Jean-Noël Cardoux		LR	Pauline Martin		LR
	Jean-Pierre Sueur		PS	Christophe Chaillou		PS
Lot	Jean-Claude Requier		PRV	Raphaël Daubet		PRV
	Angèle Préville		PS	Jean-Marc Vayssouze-Faure		PS
Lot-et-Garonne	Christine Bonfanti-Dossat		LR	Christine Bonfanti-Dossat		LR
	Jean-Pierre Moga		UDI	Michel Masset		SE
Lozère	Guylène Pantel		PS	Guylène Pantel		PS
Maine-et-Loire	Stéphane Piednoir		LR	Stéphane Piednoir		LR
	Catherine Deroche		LR	Corinne Bourcier		SE
	Emmanuel Capus		HOR	Emmanuel Capus		HOR
	Joël Bigot		PS	Grégory Blanc		SE
Manche	Philippe Bas		LR	Philippe Bas		LR
	Béatrice Gosselin		LR	Béatrice Gosselin		LR
	Jean-Michel Houllegatte		SE	Sébastien Fagnen		PS
Marne	René-Paul Savary		LR	Christian Bruyen		SE
	Françoise Férat		UDI	Anne-Sophie Romagny		UDI
	Yves Détraigne		UDI	Cadric Chevalier		HOR
Haute-Marne	Bruno Sido		LR	Bruno Sido		LR
	Charles Guené		LR	Anne-Marie Nédélec		SE
Mayenne	Guillaume Chevrollier		LR	Guillaume Chevrollier		LR
	Elisabeth Doineau		SE	Elisabeth Doineau		SE
Meurthe-et-Moselle	Jean-François Husson		LR	Jean-François Husson		LR
	Véronique Guillotin		PRV	Véronique Guillotin		PRV
	Olivier Jacquin		PS	Olivier Jacquin		PS
	Véronique Del Fabro		SE	Silvana Silvani		PCF
Meuse	Gérard Longuet		LR	Jocelyne Antoine		SE
	Franck Menonville		UDI	Franck Menonville		UDI
Morbihan	Muriel Jourda		LR	Muriel Jourda		LR
	Jacques le Nay		UDI	Yves Bleunven		SE
	Joël Labbé		SE	Simon Uzenat		PS
Moselle	Jean-Louis Masson		SE	Khalifé Khalifé		LR
	Catherine Belrhiti		LR	Catherine Belrhiti		LR
	Jean-Marie Mizzon		UDI	Jean-Marie Mizzon		UDI
	Christine Herzog		SE	Christine Herzog		SE
	Jean-Marc Todeschini		PS	Michaël Weber		PS
Nièvre	Nadia Sollogoub		SE	Nadia Sollogoub		SE
	Patrice Joly		PS	Patrice Joly		PS
Nord	Brigitte Lherbier		LR	Joshua Hochart		RN
	Marc-Philippe Daubresse		LR	Marc-Philippe Daubresse		LR
	Olivier Henno		UDI	Olivier Henno		UDI
	Valérie Létard		UDI	Guislain Cambier		UDI
	Jean-Pierre Decool		SE	Marie-Claude Lermytte		SE
	Dany Wattebled		SE	Dany Wattebled		SE
	Frédéric Marchand		RE	Franck Dhersin		HOR
	Martine Filleul		SE	Audrey Linkenheld		PS
	Patrick Kanner		PS	Patrick Kanner		PS
	Eric Bocquet		PCF	Eric Bocquet		PCF
	Michelle Gréaume		PCF	Michelle Gréaume		PCF
Oise	Edouard Courtial		LR	Edouard Courtial		LR
	Jérôme Bascher		LR	Sylvie Valente-Le Hir		SE
	Olivier Paccaud		SE	Olivier Paccaud		SE
	Laurence Rossignol		PS	Alexandre Ouizille		PS
Orne	Nathalie Goulet		UDI	Nathalie Goulet		UDI
	Vincent Segouin		LR	Olivier Bitz		HOR
Pas-de-Calais	Michel Dagbert		RE	Christopher Szczurek		RN
	Jean-François Rapin		LR	Jean-François Rapin		LR
	Amel Gacquerre		UDI	Amel Gacquerre		UDI
	Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe		MoDem	Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe		MoDem
	Sabine Van Heghe		MDC	Jérôme Darras		PS
	Jean-Pierre Corbisez		SE	Jean-Pierre Corbisez		SE
	Cathy Apourceau-Poly		PCF	Cathy Apourceau-Poly		PCF
Puy-de-Dôme	Jean-Marc Boyer		LR	Jean-Marc Boyer		LR
	Eric Gold		SE	Eric Gold		SE
	Jacques-Bernard Magner		PS	Marion Canales		PS
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Max Brisson		LR	Max Brisson		LR
	Denise Saint-Pé		MoDem	Denise Saint-Pé		MoDem
	Frédérique Espagnac		PS	Frédérique Espagnac		PS
Hautes-Pyrénées	Maryse Carrère		PRG	Maryse Carrère		PRG
	Viviane Artigalas		PS	Viviane Artigalas		PS
Pyrénées-Orientales	Jean Sol		LR	Jean Sol		LR
	François Calvet		LR	Lauriane Josende		LR
Paris	Catherine Dumas		LR	Catherine Dumas		LR
	Pierre Charon		LR	Francis Szpiner		LR
	Philippe Dominati		SE	Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée		LR
	Céline Boulay-Espéronnier		SE	Agnès Evren		LR
	Julien Bargeton		RE	Colombe Brossel		PS
	Rémi Féraud		PS	Rémi Féraud		PS
	Marie-Pierre de La Gontrie		PS	Marie-Pierre de La Gontrie		PS
	Bernard Jomier		PS	Bernard Jomier		PS
	David Assouline		PS	Yannick Jadot		EELV
	Esther Benbassa		SE	Anne Souyris		EELV
	Marie-Noëlle Lienemann		GRS	Antoinette Guhl		EELV
	Pierre Laurent		PCF	Ian Brossat		PCF
Seine-et-Marne	Claudine Thomas		LR	Aymeric Durox		RN
	Pierre Cuypers		LR	Pierre Cuypers		LR
	Anne Chain-Larché		LR	Anne Chain-Larché		LR
	Colette Mélot		HOR	Louis Vogel		HOR
	Vincent Eblé		PS	Vincent Eblé		PS
	Arnaud de Belenet		AC	Marianne Margaté		PCF
Yvelines	Gérard Larcher		LR	Gérard Larcher		LR
	Sophie Primas		LR	Sophie Primas		LR
	Marta de Cidrac		LR	Marta de Cidrac		LR
	Michel Laugier		UDI	Michel Laugier		UDI
	Martin Lévrier		RE	Martin Lévrier		RE
	Toine Bourrat		LR	Ghislaine Senée		EELV
Essonne	Laure Darcos		LR	Laure Darcos		LR
	Jean-Raymond Hugonet		LR	Jean-Raymond Hugonet		LR
	Vincent Delahaye		UDI	Vincent Delahaye		UDI
	Jocelyne Guidez		UDI	Jocelyne Guidez		UDI
	Daphné Ract-Madoux		MoDem	David Ros		PS
Hauts-de-Seine	Roger Karoutchi		LR	Roger Karoutchi		LR
	Christine Lavarde		LR	Christine Lavarde		LR
	Philippe Pemezec		LR	Marie-Do Aeschlimann		LR
	Hervé Marseille		UDI	Hervé Marseille		UDI
	André Gattolin		RE	Isabelle Florennes		MoDem
	Xavier Iacovelli		RE	Xavier Iacovelli		RE
	Pierre Ouzoulias		PCF	Pierre Ouzoulias		PCF
Seine-Saint-Denis	Thierry Meignen		LR	Thierry Meignen		LR
	Vincent Capo-Canellas		UDI	Vincent Capo-Canellas		UDI
	Annie Delmont-Koropoulis		LR	Ahmed Laouedj		PRG
	Gilbert Roger		PS	Corinne Narassiguin		PS
	Eliane Assassi		PCF	Adel Ziane		PS
	Fabien Gay		PCF	Fabien Gay		PCF
Val-de-Marne	Christian Cambon		LR	Christian Cambon		LR
	Catherine Procaccia		LR	Marie-Carole Ciuntu		LR
	Laurent Lafon		UDI	Laurent Lafon		UDI
	Daniel Breuiller		EELV	Akli Mellouli		SE
	Laurence Cohen		PCF	Laurence Rossignol		PS
	Pascal Savoldelli		PCF	Pascal Savoldelli		PCF
Val-d'Oise	Arnaud Bazin		LR	Arnaud Bazin		LR
	Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio		LR	Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio		LR
	Sébastien Meurant		REC	Daniel Fargeot		SE
	Rachid Temal		PS	Rachid Temal		PS
	Alain Richard		RE	Pierre Barros		PCF
Guadeloupe	Dominique Théophile		GUSR	Dominique Théophile		GUSR
	Victoire Jasmin		PS	Solanges Nadille		GUSR
	Victorin Lurel		PS	Victorin Lurel		PS
Martinique	Catherine Conconne		LME	Catherine Conconne		LME
	Maurice Antiste		MPF	Frédéric Buval		DT
Réunion	Viviane Malet		LR	Viviane Malet		LR
	Jean-Louis Lagourgue		SE	Stéphane Fouassin		UDI
	Nassimah Dindar		AC	Audrey Bélim		PS
	Michel Dennemont		RE	Evelyne Corbière		PLR
Mayotte	Thani Mohamed Soilihi		RE	Thani Mohamed Soilihi		RE
	Abdallah Hassani		MDM	Saïd Omar Oili		NEMA
New Caledonia	Pierre Frogier		R-LR	Georges Naturel		R-LR
	Gérard Poadja		CE	Robert Xowie		UC

Senators who lost reelection

Senator	Party		Department	Since
Isabelle Raimond-Pavero		LR	Indre-et-Loire	2017
Angèle Préville		PS	Lot	2017
Jean-Pierre Moga		UDI	Lot-et-Garonne	2017
Brigitte Lherbier		LR	Nord	2017
Frédéric Marchand		RE	Nord	2017
Martine Filleul		SE	Nord	2017
Jérôme Bascher		LR	Oise	2017
Vincent Segouin		LR	Orne	2018[6]
Sabine Van Heghe		MDC	Pas-de-Calais	2017
Pierre Charon		LR	Paris	2011
Julien Bargeton		RE	Paris	2017
Claudine Thomas		LR	Seine-et-Marne	2017
Toine Bourrat		LR	Yvelines	2020[7]
Daphné Ract-Madoux		MoDem	Essonne	2022[8]
Philippe Pemezec		LR	Hauts-de-Seine	2017
Sébastien Meurant		REC	Val-d'Oise	2017
Alain Richard		RE	Val-d'Oise	2011
Victoire Jasmin		PS	Guadeloupe	2017
Nassimah Dindar		AC	Réunion	2017
Pierre Frogier		R-LR	New Caledonia	2011
Gérard Poadja		CE	New Caledonia	2017

References

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.
4. "Sénatoriales 2023 : 170 sièges à pourvoir". Vie-publique.fr. 16 August 2023.
5. Darame, Mariama; Floc’h, Benoît; Guillou, Clément; Lamothe, Jérémie (10 August 2023). "Elections sénatoriales 2023 : les enjeux d'un scrutin où Les Républicains sont les grands favoris". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024.
6. elected in a special election
7. elected in 2017 as n°5 on the Larcher list ; became senator after the resignation of Alain Schmitz
8. elected in 2017 as n°2 on the Léonhardt list ; became senator after the death of Olivier Léonhardt

See also

• Elections in France
• French Senate elections