# 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

| Group | Ideology | Seats | Percentage |
| 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

| Senator | Group | District |
| Alsace |||||
| 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 |
| Aquitaine |||||
| Marcel Brégégère | SOC | Dordogne |
| Charles Sinsout | 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 |
| Auvergne |||||
| 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 |
| Lower Normandy |||||
| 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 |
| Burgundy |||||
| 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 |
| Brittany |||||
| 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 |
| Centre |||||
| Champagne-Ardenne |||||
| Corsica |||||
| Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra | GD | Corsica |
| Jacques Faggianelli | GD | Corsica |
| Franche-Comté |||||
| 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 |