1965 French Senate election

The third senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on September 26, 1965.^[1]

Context

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

Results

Group		Ideology	Seats	+/−	Percentage
	Independent Republicans (RI)	Liberalism, Right-wing	60	5	21,9 %
	Socialist (SOC)	Socialism, Left-wing	52	0	19,0%
	Democratic Left (GD)	Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing	50	0	18,2%
	Popular Republicans and Democratic Centre (RPCD)	Christian democracy, Right-wing	38	3	13,9%
	Union for the New Republic (UNR)	Gaullism, Right-wing	30	2	10,9%
	Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP)	Conservatism, Right-wing	19	1	6,9%
	Communist (COM)	Communism, Left-wing	14	0	5,1%
	Non-Registered (NI)	None	11	5	4,0%
	Total:		274	0	100,0 %

Senate Presidency

On October 2, 1965, Gaston Monnerville was re-elected president of the Senate.

List of senators elected