Summary
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won a record 14 seats in the French Senate, increasing their presence four times from before. This is the first time RN has enough senators to form an official group in the 348-seat Senate, just months before the presidential election.Key Facts
- The National Rally (RN) and its allies won 14 seats in the French Senate elections.
- RN previously had only three senators in 2023, and two in 2014.
- The Senate has 348 seats, with half chosen every three years for six-year terms.
- RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called the result a historic victory.
- RN allied with Eric Ciotti’s Union of the Right for the Republic, which won two seats.
- Eric Ciotti left the Republicans party in 2024 and supports an alliance with the far right.
- The right, center, and Socialist parties remain the main groups in the Senate.
- The far-left France Unbowed party won a Senate seat for the first time.
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