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1959 French Senate election

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

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

GroupIdeologySeatsPercentage
**Independent Republicans** (**RI**)Liberalism, Right-wing**70**
Democratic Left (GD)Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing66
Socialist (SOC)Socialism, Left-wing61
Union for the New Republic (UNR)Gaullism, Right-wing37
Popular Republican Movement (MRP)Christian democracy, Right-wing34
Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP)Conservatism, Right-wing20
Communist (COM)Communism, Left-wing14
Non-Registered (NI)*None*7
**Total:****309**

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.

List of senators elected by region

SenatorGroupDistrictSource
Louis JungRPBas-Rhin
Michel KauffmannRPBas-Rhin
Michel KistlerRPBas-Rhin
Paul WachRPBas-Rhin
Paul-Jacques KalbUNRHaut-Rhin
Eugène RitzenthalerUNRHaut-Rhin
Modeste ZussyUNRHaut-Rhin
Marcel BrégégèreSOCDordogne
Charles SinsoutGDDordogne
Marc PauzetCNIPGironde
Georges PortmannRIGironde
Max MonichonCNIPGironde
Raymond BrunCNIPGironde
Jean-Louis FournierSOCLandes
Gérard MinvielleSOCLandes
Jacques BordeneuveGDLot-et-Garonne
Étienne RestatGDLot-et-Garonne
Guy PetitRIBasses-Pyrénées
Jean ErrecartRPBasses-Pyrénées
Jean-Louis TinaudRIBasses-Pyrénées
Fernand AubergerSOCAllier
Georges RougeronSOCAllier
Hector PeschaudCNIPCantal
Paul PialesCNIPCantal
Robert BouvardRIHaute-Loire
Jean De LachometteCNIPHaute-Loire
Michel ChamplebouxSOCPuy-de-Dôme
Francis DassaudSOCPuy-de-Dôme
Gabriel MontpiedSOCPuy-de-Dôme
Louis AndreRICalvados
Jacques Descours-DesacresRICalvados
Jean-Marie LouvelRPCalvados
Henri CornatRIManche
Léon Jozeau-MarigneRIManche
Michel YverRIManche
Étienne Le Sassier-BoisaunéRIOrne
Paul PellerayRIOrne
Roger DuchetRICôte-d'Or
Étienne ViallanesRICôte-d'Or
François MitterrandGDNièvre
Jacques GadoinGDNièvre
Roger LagrangeSOCSaône-et-Loire
Marcel LegrosRISaône-et-Loire
Jules PinsardGDSaône-et-Loire
Philippe de RaincourtRIYonne
André PlaitRIYonne
André CornuGDCôtes du Nord
Jean de BagneuxRICôtes du Nord
Bernard LemariéRPCôtes du Nord
Jean FichouxRIFinistère
Yves HamonRPFinistère
André MonteilRPFinistère
André ColinRPFinistère
Roger du HalgouëtUNRIlle-et-Vilaine
Yves EstèveUNRIlle-et-Vilaine
Jean NouryRPIlle-et-Vilaine
Marcel LambertRIMorbihan
Victor GolvanUNRMorbihan
Joseph YvonRPMorbihan
Jean-Paul de Rocca-SerraGDCorsica
Jacques FaggianelliGDCorsica
Marcel BoulangéSOCTerritoire de Belfort
Jacques HenrietRIDoubs
Marcel PrélotUNRDoubs
Edgar FaureGDJura
Charles Laurent-ThouvereyGDJura
Henri PretreRIHaute-Saône
André MaroselliGDHaute-Saône

Notes

References

References

  1. "Élections sénatoriales 1959".
  2. "On a failli avoir un président noir en France... - Un post de Vaugirard sur LePost.fr".
  3. (January 6, 2026). "JUNG Louis".
  4. (January 6, 2026). "KAUFFMANN Michel".
  5. (January 6, 2026). "KISTLER Michel".
  6. (January 6, 2026). "WACH Paul".
  7. (January 6, 2026). "KALB Paul-Jacques".
  8. (January 6, 2026). "RITZENTHALER Eugène".
  9. (January 6, 2026). "ZUSSY Modeste".
  10. (January 6, 2026). "BREGEGERE Marcel".
  11. election annulled by the [[Constitutional Council (France). Constitutional Council]]
  12. (January 6, 2026). "SINSOUT Charles".
  13. (January 6, 2026). "PAUZET Marc".
  14. (January 6, 2026). "PORTMANN Georges".
  15. (January 6, 2026). "MONICHON Max".
  16. (January 6, 2026). "BRUN Raymond".
  17. (January 6, 2026). "FOURNIER Jean-Louis".
  18. (January 6, 2026). "MINVIELLE Gérard".
  19. (January 6, 2026). "BORDENEUVE Jacques".
  20. (January 6, 2026). "RESTAT Etienne".
  21. (January 6, 2026). "PETIT Guy".
  22. (January 6, 2026). "ERRECART Jean".
  23. (January 6, 2026). "TINAUD Jean-Louis".
  24. (January 6, 2026). "AUBERGER Fernand".
  25. (January 6, 2026). "ROUGERON Georges".
  26. (January 6, 2026). "PESCHAUD Hector".
  27. (January 6, 2026). "PIALES Paul".
  28. (January 6, 2026). "BOUVARD Robert".
  29. (January 6, 2026). "de LACHOMETTE Jean".
  30. (January 6, 2026). "CHAMPLEBOUX Michel".
  31. (January 6, 2026). "DASSAUD Francis".
  32. (January 6, 2026). "MONTPIED Gabriel".
  33. (January 6, 2026). "ANDRE Louis".
  34. (January 6, 2026). "DESCOURS DESACRES Jacques".
  35. (January 6, 2026). "LOUVEL Jean-Marie".
  36. (January 6, 2026). "CORNAT Henri".
  37. (January 6, 2026). "JOZEAU-MARIGNE Léon".
  38. (January 6, 2026). "YVER Michel".
  39. (January 6, 2026). "LE SASSIER BOISAUNÉ Etienne".
  40. (January 6, 2026). "PELLERAY Paul".
  41. (January 6, 2026). "DUCHET Roger".
  42. (January 6, 2026). "VIALLANES Etienne".
  43. (January 6, 2026). "MITTERRAND François".
  44. (January 6, 2026). "GADOIN Jacques".
  45. (January 6, 2026). "LAGRANGE Roger".
  46. (January 6, 2026). "LEGROS Marcel".
  47. (January 6, 2026). "PINSARD Jules".
  48. (January 6, 2026). "de RAINCOURT Philippe".
  49. (January 6, 2026). "PLAIT André".
  50. (January 6, 2026). "CORNU André".
  51. (January 6, 2026). "de BAGNEUX Jean".
  52. (January 6, 2026). "LEMARIÉ Bernard".
  53. (January 6, 2026). "FICHOUX Jean".
  54. (January 6, 2026). "HAMON Yves".
  55. (January 6, 2026). "MONTEIL André".
  56. (January 6, 2026). "COLIN André".
  57. (January 6, 2026). "DU HALGOUET Roger".
  58. (January 6, 2026). "ESTEVE Yves".
  59. (January 6, 2026). "NOURY Jean".
  60. (January 6, 2026). "LAMBERT Marcel".
  61. (January 6, 2026). "GOLVAN Victor".
  62. (January 6, 2026). "YVON Joseph".
  63. (January 6, 2026). "de ROCCA-SERRA Jean-Paul".
  64. (January 6, 2026). "FAGGIANELLI Jacques".
  65. (January 6, 2026). "BOULANGÉ Marcel".
  66. (January 6, 2026). "HENRIET Jacques".
  67. (January 6, 2026). "PRELOT Marcel".
  68. (January 6, 2026). "FAURE Edgar".
  69. (January 6, 2026). "LAURENT-THOUVEREY Charles".
  70. (January 6, 2026). "PRETRE Henri".
  71. (January 6, 2026). "MAROSELLI André".
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