{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 2004 French Senate election | country = France | type = parliamentary | ongoing = no | previous_election = 2001 French Senate election | previous_year = 2001 | next_election = 2008 French Senate election | next_year = 2008 | seats_for_election = A third of seats (117) to the French Senate | election_date = September 26, 2004
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<!-- UC-UDF --> | image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bayrou Bercy 2007-04-18 n35.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} | leader3 = Michel Mercier | party3 = Union for French Democracy | leaders_seat3 = Rhône | last_election3 = 31 | seats3 = 33 | seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2 | popular_vote3 = | percentage3 = | swing3 = | title = President of the Senate | before_election = Christian Poncelet | before_party = Union for a Popular Movement | after_election = Christian Poncelet | after_party = Union for a Popular Movement }}
{{Politics of France}}
Following the end of the 9-year terms of 127 "series C" senators, indirect senatorial elections were held in France on September 26, 2004.
This was the last renewal of serie C senators- following the electoral reform, senators are not elected by thirds to nine-year terms but by halves to six-year terms.
Since 2001, 10 seats had been added to Senate. This election elected Senators from 28 departments on the mainland (115 seats including 107 incumbents and 8 new seats), 2 from Guadeloupe and Martinique (5 seats including 4 incumbents and one new seat), 2 from overseas territories, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (3 seats including 2 incumbents and one new seat), and 4 senators representing French citizens abroad.
The 117 incumbents were divided in the following way:
* 65 from the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group * 23 from the Socialist Party group * 11 from the Communiste, Républicain et Citoyen group * 10 from the Union Centriste-Union for French Democracy * 7 from the Rassemblement démocratique et social européen * 1 miscellaneous from the MPF
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |- !colspan=2|Group !Seats (2001) !Seats (2004) !Change |- | style="background-color:#0000C8;" | |UMP Group | 162 | 155 | –7 |- | style="background-color:#E75480;" | |Socialist Group | 83 | 97 | +14 |- | style="background-color:#00CCCC;" | |Centrist Union - UDF Group | 31 | 33 | +2 |- | style="background-color:red"| |Communist, Republican and Citizen Group | 23 | 23 | ±0 |- | style="background-color:#003366"| |Democratic, Social, and European Rally | 17 | 16 | –1 |- | style="background-color:gray"| |Non-Inscrits | 5 | 7 | +2 |- | |'''Total:''' | '''321''' | '''331''' | +5 |}
Source:[http://www.senat.fr/role/fiche/groupespol.html]
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