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]

Context

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

	Ideology	Seats	+/−	Percentage
Independent Republicans (RI)	Liberalism, Right-wing	54	6	19,1 %
Socialist (SOC)	Socialism, Left-wing	52	0	18,4%
Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats (UCDP)	Christian democracy, Right-wing	47	9	16,6%
Democratic Left (GD)	Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing	43	7	15,2%
Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)	Gaullism, Right-wing	36	6	12,7%
Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP)	Conservatism, Right-wing	19	0	6,7%
Communist (COM)	Communism, Left-wing	18	4	6,4%
Non-Registered (NI)	None	14	3	4,9%
Total:		283	9	100,0 %

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Leadership	President Vice Presidents Secretaries Questors Committee Chairs

Opposition	Leader of the Opposition

Standing Committees	Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Social Affairs Culture, Education and Communication Economy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Finance Laws

Elections & members	1959 (m) 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 (m) 2008 (m) 2011 (m) 2014 (m)

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