2008 French Senate election
Result

2008 French Senate election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Parties and coalitions	Abbr.	2004	a	2008	±	2011	±

Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire)	UMP	159	56	151	–8	132	–19

Centrist Union-UDF (Union centriste–Union pour la démocratie française)	UC-UDF	30	4	29	–1	31	+2

Socialist Party (Parti socialiste)	PS	95	29	116	+21	131	+15

Communist, Republican and Citizen (Communiste, républicain, et citoyen)	CRC	23	3	23	+0	21	–2

Europe Écologie–The Greens (Europe Écologie–Les Verts)	VEC	0	+0	0	+0	10	+10

European Democratic and Social Rally (Rassemblement démocratique et social européen)	RDSE	17	8	17	+0	16	–1

Total UMP, UC-UDF and one RDSE (Right)	189	60	180	–9	164	–16

Total "Presidential Majority" PS, CRC, VEC and all but one RDSE (Left)	118	32	139	+21	177	+38

Non-Inscrits	NI	6	1	7	+1	7	+0

Total	331	114	343	+12	348	+5

a - Seats up for election (Serie A) Source: Public Senat

Sentence(s)

Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate in 2008.

final_sentence: Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate in 2008.