France Senate election 2026 (Sénat — élections sénatoriales) — Results
Election day: September 27, 2026
- Miscellaneous right (DVD): 46 seats
- The Republicans (LR): 34 seats
- Miscellaneous centre (DVC): 21 seats
- Miscellaneous left (DVG): 15 seats
- Left union lists (LUG): 13 seats
- Socialist Party (SOC): 9 seats
- Right union lists (LUD): 6 seats
- Centre union lists (LUC): 6 seats
Senate majority and presidency
Before the vote
Before the renewal the Senate was run by its majority of the right and centre, made up of the Les Républicains and Union Centriste groups, and presided over by Gérard Larcher (LR, Yvelines), in the chair since 2014.
After the vote
On 1 October 2026 Gérard Larcher was re-elected President of the Senate in the first round, with 203 of the 302 votes cast. On the list the Senate published on 6 October, the Les Républicains group has 124 senators, the Socialist group 62 and the Union Centriste 58, so the right-and-centre majority stays in place.
About this election
How the Senate is elected
Senators serve six years, and the Senate is renewed by halves every three years: the 2026 election renews the series of about 178 seats last contested in 2020, while the other 170 carry over. In each department an electoral college of deputies, regional and departmental councillors and delegates of the municipal councils casts the votes. Departments electing one or two senators use a two-round majority system; those electing three or more use closed-list proportional representation.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
Understanding this election
- D’Hondt vs Sainte-Laguë — how a divisor formula turns vote shares into seats
- How Electoral Systems Work Around the World — first-past-the-post, proportional and mixed systems, with real numbers
- How We Check an Election Figure — the checks every number passes before publication