From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2008 French Senate election

Field	Value
election_name	2008 French Senate election
country	France
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 French Senate election
previous_year	2004
next_election	2011 French Senate election
next_year	2011
seats_for_election	A third of seats (114) to the French Senate
election_date	21 September 2008
image1
leader1	Henri de Raincourt
party1	Union for a Popular Movement
leaders_seat1	Yonne
last_election1	159
seats1	151
seat_change1	8
image2
leader2	Jean-Pierre Bel
party2	Socialist Party (France)
leaders_seat2	Ariège
last_election2	95
seats2	116
seat_change2	21
image3
leader3	Michel Mercier
party3	Union for French Democracy
leaders_seat3	Rhône
last_election3	30
seats3	29
seat_change3	1
title	President of the Senate
before_election	Christian Poncelet
before_party	Union for a Popular Movement
after_election	Gérard Larcher
after_party	Union for a Popular Movement

Indirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for the first time. Furthermore, this election was the last to be held under the old system: prior to this election, senators were elected in three classes for nine-year terms. Under the new system instituted in 2011, senators are elected for six-year terms in two classes.

New seats

Twelve new seats were filled in this election. They were divided in the following way: 1 new Senator each for the Ain, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Hérault, and Guyane départements and one in French Polynesia.

The election marked the first time that French Polynesia had two seats in the Senate instead of just one.{{cite news |title=Tong Sang To Contest French Senate Elections

System

Electoral college

For the 114 seats up for election, the electoral college was composed of 50,720 elected officials (49,602 in metropolitan France). Of these, 48,453 were local councillors, 178 were MPs, 765 were regional councillors and 1,504 were general councillors.

Election

Departments with 1 to 3 senators: Two-round system, using the same system as legislative elections.
Departments with 4 or more senators: Proportional representation, highest averages method, no Panachage or preferential voting.

Result

|- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan=2 | Parties and coalitions ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Abbr. ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |2004 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |a ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |2008 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |2011 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |±

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

| | |- | | |-

|- | | |- Source: Public Senat |}

References

"French Senate Elections 2008".
lefigaro.fr. (2008-09-21). "Le Figaro - Politique : Sénat : la droite devrait contenir la poussée de la gauche". Lefigaro.fr.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2008-elections-in-france senate-(france)-elections

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2008 French Senate election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report