French Senate election, 1971

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The fifth senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on September 26, 1971.^[1]

Context

This election has depended largely of the results of 1971 municipal elections.

Results

Group		Ideology	Seats	+/−	Percentage
	Independent Republicans (RI)	Liberalism, Right-wing	59	5	20,8 %
	Socialist (SOC)	Socialism, Left-wing	49	3	17,3%
	Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats (UCDP)	Christian democracy, Right-wing	46	1	16,3%
	Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)	Gaullism, Right-wing	38	2	13,4%
	Democratic Left (GD)	Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing	38	5	13,4%
	Non-Registered (NI)	None	19	5	6,7%
	Communist (COM)	Communism, Left-wing	18	0	6,4%
	Independent Republicans of Social Action (RIAS)	Conservatism, Right-wing	16	3	5,7%
	Total:		283	0	100,0 %

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