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The first senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on April 26, 1959.[1]

Context

The Senate was created by constitution of the Fifth Republic to replace Council of the Republic. This election depend largely of the results of 1959 municipal elections.

Results

Group Ideology Seats Percentage
  Independent Republicans (RI) Liberalism, Right-wing 70 22,6 %
  Democratic Left (GD) Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing 66 21,3%
  Socialist (SOC) Socialism, Left-wing 61 19,7%
  Union for the New Republic (UNR) Gaullism, Right-wing 37 12,0%
  Popular Republican Movement (MRP) Christian democracy, Right-wing 34 11,0%
  Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP) Conservatism, Right-wing 20 6,5%
  Communist (COM) Communism, Left-wing 14 4,5%
  Non-Registered (NI) None 7 2,3%
Total: 309 100,0 %

Senate Presidency

On April 28, 1959, Gaston Monnerville a senator from Guyane was elected president of the Senate. Monnerville has been the highest-ranking black politician in French history, and if he was a candidate for reelection in 1968, he could have become the first black president of France the next year when President Pompidou died.[2]

List of senators elected by region

Senator Group District Source
Alsace
Louis Jung   RP Bas-Rhin [1]
Michel Kauffmann   RP Bas-Rhin [2]
Michel Kistler   RP Bas-Rhin [3]
Paul Wach   RP Bas-Rhin [4]
Paul-Jacques Kalb   UNR Haut-Rhin [5]
Eugène Ritzenthaler   UNR Haut-Rhin [6]
Modeste Zussy   UNR Haut-Rhin [7]
Aquitaine
Marcel Brégégère   SOC Dordogne [8]
Charles Sinsout[3]   GD Dordogne [9]
Marc Pauzet   CNIP Gironde [10]
Georges Portmann   RI Gironde [11]
Max Monichon   CNIP Gironde [12]
Raymond Brun   CNIP Gironde [13]
Jean-Louis Fournier   SOC Landes [14]
Gérard Minvielle   SOC Landes [15]
Jacques Bordeneuve   GD Lot-et-Garonne [16]
Étienne Restat   GD Lot-et-Garonne [17]
Guy Petit   RI Basses-Pyrénées [18]
Jean Errecart   RP Basses-Pyrénées [19]
Jean-Louis Tinaud   RI Basses-Pyrénées [20]
Auvergne
Fernand Auberger   SOC Allier [21]
Georges Rougeron   SOC Allier [22]
Hector Peschaud   CNIP Cantal [23]
Paul Piales   CNIP Cantal [24]
Robert Bouvard   RI Haute-Loire [25]
Jean De Lachomette   CNIP Haute-Loire [26]
Michel Champleboux   SOC Puy-de-Dôme [27]
Francis Dassaud   SOC Puy-de-Dôme [28]
Gabriel Montpied   SOC Puy-de-Dôme [29]
Lower Normandy
Louis Andre   RI Calvados [30]
Jacques Descours-Desacres   RI Calvados [31]
Jean-Marie Louvel   RP Calvados [32]
Henri Cornat   RI Manche [33]
Léon Jozeau-Marigne   RI Manche [34]
Michel Yver   RI Manche [35]
Étienne Le Sassier-Boisauné   RI Orne [36]
Paul Pelleray   RI Orne [37]
Burgundy
Roger Duchet   RI Côte-d'Or [38]
Étienne Viallanes   RI Côte-d'Or [39]
François Mitterrand   GD Nièvre [40]
Jacques Gadoin   GD Nièvre [41]
Roger Lagrange   SOC Saône-et-Loire [42]
Marcel Legros   RI Saône-et-Loire [43]
Jules Pinsard   GD Saône-et-Loire [44]
Philippe de Raincourt[4]   RI Yonne [45]
André Plait   RI Yonne [46]
Brittany
André Cornu   GD Côtes du Nord [47]
Jean de Bagneux   RI Côtes du Nord [48]
Bernard Lemarié   RP Côtes du Nord [49]
Jean Fichoux   RI Finistère [50]
Yves Hamon   RP Finistère [51]
André Monteil   RP Finistère [52]
André Colin   RP Finistère [53]
Roger du Halgouët   UNR Ille-et-Vilaine [54]
Yves Estève   UNR Ille-et-Vilaine [55]
Jean Noury   RP Ille-et-Vilaine [56]
Marcel Lambert   RI Morbihan [57]
Victor Golvan   UNR Morbihan [58]
Joseph Yvon   RP Morbihan [59]
Centre
 
Champagne-Ardenne
 
Corsica
Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra   GD Corsica [60]
Jacques Faggianelli   GD Corsica [61]
Franche-Comté
Marcel Boulangé   SOC Territoire de Belfort [62]
Jacques Henriet   RI Doubs [63]
Marcel Prélot   UNR Doubs [64]
Edgar Faure   GD Jura [65]
Charles Laurent-Thouverey   GD Jura [66]
Henri Pretre   RI Haute-Saône [67]
André Maroselli   GD Haute-Saône [68]

References

  1. ^ Élections sénatoriales 1959
  2. ^ On a failli avoir un président noir en France...
  3. ^ election annulled by the Constitutional Council
  4. ^ dies two months later and was replaced by Paul Guillaumot
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