2004 French Senate election

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| 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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| leader1 = Josselin de Rohan

| party1 = Union for a Popular Movement

| leaders_seat1 = Morbihan

| last_election1 = 162

| seats1 = 155

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 7

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| leader2 = Jean-Pierre Bel

| party2 = Socialist Party (France)

| leaders_seat2 = Ariège

| last_election2 = 83

| seats2 = 97

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 14

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| leader3 = Michel Mercier

| party3 = Union for French Democracy

| leaders_seat3 = Rhône

| last_election3 = 31

| seats3 = 33

| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2

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| 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

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{{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