French Senate election, 1968

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The fourth senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on September 22, 1968. [1]

French Fifth Republic fifth and current republican constitution of France since 1958

The Fifth Republic, France's current republican system of government, was established by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the Fourth Republic, replacing the former parliamentary republic with a semi-presidential, or dual-executive, system that split powers between a Prime Minister as head of government and a President as head of state. De Gaulle, who was the first French President elected under the Fifth Republic in December 1958, believed in a strong head of state, which he described as embodying l'esprit de la nation.

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Context

This election has depended largely of the results of 1965 municipal elections.

Results

GroupIdeologySeats+/−Percentage
  Independent Republicans (RI) Liberalism, Right-wing 54Decrease2.svg619,1 %
  Socialist (SOC) Socialism, Left-wing 52Steady2.svg0 18,4%
  Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats (UCDP) Christian democracy, Right-wing 47Increase2.svg9 16,6%
  Democratic Left (GD) Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing 43Decrease2.svg7 15,2%
  Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR) Gaullism, Right-wing 36Increase2.svg6 12,7%
  Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP) Conservatism, Right-wing 19Steady2.svg0 6,7%
  Communist (COM) Communism, Left-wing 18Increase2.svg4 6,4%
  Non-Registered (NI)None 14Increase2.svg3 4,9%
Total:283Increase2.svg9100,0 %

Senate Presidency

On October 3, 1968, Alain Poher was elected president of the Senate.

Alain Poher French politician

Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre. He served as a Senator for Val-de-Marne from 1946 to 1995. He was President of the Senate from 3 October 1968 to 1 October 1992 and, in that capacity, served twice as the country's interim president. A leading candidate in the 1969 presidential election, he was defeated by Georges Pompidou in the second round.

List of senators elected

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