1962 French Senate election

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The second senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on September 23, 1962.^[1]

Context[]

This election has depended largely of the results of 1959 municipal elections.

Results[]

Group		Ideology	Seats	+/−	Percentage
	Independent Republicans (RI)	Liberalism, Right-wing	65	5	23,7 %
	Socialist (SOC)	Socialism, Left-wing	52	9	19,0%
	Democratic Left (GD)	Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing	50	16	18,2%
	(RP)	Christian democracy, Right-wing	35	1	12,8%
	Union for the New Republic (UNR)	Gaullism, Right-wing	32	5	11,7%
	(CNIP)	Conservatism, Right-wing	20	0	7,3%
	Communist (COM)	Communism, Left-wing	14	0	5,1%
	Non-Registered (NI)	None	6	1	2,2%
	Total:		274	35	100,0 %

Senate Presidency[]

On October 2, 1962, Gaston Monnerville was re-elected president of the Senate.

List of senators elected[]

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