| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlement / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Sénat / Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly
|
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
28 September 2014 |
| Purpose of elections |
Elections were held for half of the seats in the Senate (178 senators of series 2) upon the expiry of members' term of office. One seat from series 1 was renewed during the elections to the Senate in 2014. |
| Not applicable (Indirect elections). |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 28 September 2014 |
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Notes
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| Distribution of seats |
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Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Total
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| Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) |
143
|
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| Socialist Group (SOC) |
112
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| Union of Independent Democrats (UDI) - Centrist Union (UC) |
43
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| Group of Communist, Republican and Citizen (CRC) |
18
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| European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE) |
13
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| Ecologist Group (Ecolo) |
10
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| Independents |
9
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| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
139
40
22.35%
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| Distribution of seats according to age |
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| Distribution of seats according to profession |
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| Comments |
Note:
The distribution of seats above refers to the composition of the Senate on 28 September 2014.
After the renewal of the Senate, there were 87 women out of the full 348 senators.
Sources:
Senate (01.01.2017)
http://www.senat.fr/senatoriales2014/index.html
http://www.senat.fr/fileadmin/Fichiers/Images/archives/D50/senat_2014.pdf |
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