{{Politics of France}}

The second senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on September 23, 1962.<ref>[http://www.france-politique.fr/elections-senatoriales-1962.htm Élections sénatoriales 1962]</ref>

== Context == This election has depended largely of the results of 1959 municipal elections.

==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |- !colspan=2|Group !Ideology !Seats !+/− !Percentage |- |bgcolor="yellow"|&nbsp; |'''Independent Republicans''' ('''RI''') | Liberalism, Right-wing | '''65''' | {{decrease}}5 | '''23,7 %''' |- |bgcolor="pink"|&nbsp; |Socialist (SOC) | Socialism, Left-wing | 52 | {{decrease}}9 | 19,0% |- |bgcolor="purple"|&nbsp; |Democratic Left (GD) | Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing | 50 | {{decrease}}16 | 18,2% |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|&nbsp; |Popular Republicans (RP) | Christian democracy, Right-wing | 35 | {{increase}}1 | 12,8% |- |bgcolor="blue"|&nbsp; |Union for the New Republic (UNR) | Gaullism, Right-wing | 32 | {{decrease}}5 | 11,7% |- |bgcolor="darkblue"|&nbsp; |Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP) | Conservatism, Right-wing | 20 | {{Steady}}0 | 7,3% |- |bgcolor="red"|&nbsp; |Communist (COM) | Communism, Left-wing | 14 | {{Steady}}0 | 5,1% |- |bgcolor="gray"|&nbsp; |Non-Registered (NI) | ''None'' | 6 | {{decrease}}1 | 2,2% |- | |'''Total:''' | | '''274''' | {{decrease}}'''35''' | '''100,0 %''' |}

=== Senate Presidency === On October 2, 1962, Gaston Monnerville was re-elected president of the Senate.

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{{French Senate}}

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