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 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.
List of senators elected by region
SenatorGroupDistrictSource Louis Jung RP Bas-Rhin Michel Kauffmann RP Bas-Rhin Michel Kistler RP Bas-Rhin Paul Wach RP Bas-Rhin Paul-Jacques Kalb UNR Haut-Rhin Eugène Ritzenthaler UNR Haut-Rhin Modeste Zussy UNR Haut-Rhin Marcel Brégégère SOC Dordogne Charles Sinsoutelection annulled by the Constitutional Council GD Dordogne Marc Pauzet CNIP Gironde Georges Portmann RI Gironde Max Monichon CNIP Gironde Raymond Brun CNIP Gironde Jean-Louis Fournier SOC Landes Gérard Minvielle SOC Landes Jacques Bordeneuve GD Lot-et-Garonne Étienne Restat GD Lot-et-Garonne Guy Petit RI Basses-Pyrénées Jean Errecart RP Basses-Pyrénées Jean-Louis Tinaud RI Basses-Pyrénées Fernand Auberger SOC Allier Georges Rougeron SOC Allier Hector Peschaud CNIP Cantal Paul Piales CNIP Cantal Robert Bouvard RI Haute-Loire Jean De Lachomette CNIP Haute-Loire Michel Champleboux SOC Puy-de-Dôme Francis Dassaud SOC Puy-de-Dôme Gabriel Montpied SOC Puy-de-Dôme Louis Andre RI Calvados Jacques Descours-Desacres RI Calvados Jean-Marie Louvel RP Calvados Henri Cornat RI Manche Léon Jozeau-Marigne RI Manche Michel Yver RI Manche Étienne Le Sassier-Boisauné RI Orne Paul Pelleray RI Orne Roger Duchet RI Côte-d'Or Étienne Viallanes RI Côte-d'Or François Mitterrand GD Nièvre Jacques Gadoin GD Nièvre Roger Lagrange SOC Saône-et-Loire Marcel Legros RI Saône-et-Loire Jules Pinsard GD Saône-et-Loire Philippe de Raincourt RI Yonne André Plait RI Yonne André Cornu GD Côtes du Nord Jean de Bagneux RI Côtes du Nord Bernard Lemarié RP Côtes du Nord Jean Fichoux RI Finistère Yves Hamon RP Finistère André Monteil RP Finistère André Colin RP Finistère Roger du Halgouët UNR Ille-et-Vilaine Yves Estève UNR Ille-et-Vilaine Jean Noury RP Ille-et-Vilaine Marcel Lambert RI Morbihan Victor Golvan UNR Morbihan Joseph Yvon RP Morbihan Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra GD Corsica Jacques Faggianelli GD Corsica Marcel Boulangé SOC Territoire de Belfort Jacques Henriet RI Doubs Marcel Prélot UNR Doubs Edgar Faure GD Jura Charles Laurent-Thouverey GD Jura Henri Pretre RI Haute-Saône André Maroselli GD Haute-Saône
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