THE ESSENTIAL
- 170 of the 348 senatorial seats will be filled for six years in about forty departments. The other 178 will be in 2026. Read the article.
- Polling stations, located mainly in the prefecture, opened at 8:30 a.m. in mainland France. They will close at 5:30 p.m. 79,000 voters are called to the polls.
- As of Sunday morning, due to the time difference, the first two senators were elected in New Caledonia, including the separatist Robert Xowie, winner in the second round ahead of the Secretary of State for Citizenship, Sonia Backès. Read the article.
What is the role of the Senate?
The Senate has held a special place since the last legislative electionsin June 2022. This deadline caused an important change: the presidential side now only has a relative majority in the National Assembly.
As a result, the government is seeking agreements with the opposition on its bills. So far, it favors the right. However, this is more reliable for the executive in the Senate, where it has the majority.
However, the Senate has not become the executive’s best ally. This would mean forgetting its mission to control the government and evaluate public policies. In this way, the Upper House has demonstrated its independence on numerous occasions in recent years and also recently.
We explain everything to you in our article so that you understand everything.
Secretary of State Sonia Backès is beaten in New Caledonia
Bad news for most. The Secretary of State for Citizenship, Sonia Backès, candidate for the Senate elections in New Caledonia, was defeated in the second round by the pro-independence Robert Xowie.
It is the first time that an independentist enters the Senate.
In the first round, the dissident candidate of Les Républicains, Georges Naturel, was also elected, and will go to the Senate.
Who can vote in senatorial elections?
Senators are chosen by the so-called electors. Among them, there is an overwhelming majority of municipal councilors.
The 160,000 voters must vote in the Senate elections, under penalty of a fine of 100 euros.
Politically, it is the last municipal elections that mainly determine the outcome of the elections. But since the Senate is only half renewed every three years, it sometimes takes years to see municipal elections really have an effect on senatorial results.
For example, the senators whose mandate is at stake today were elected in the 2014 municipal elections.
Here we explain the voting method.
Results of the senatorial elections: welcome to our live
Good morning to all of you
Welcome to this live dedicated to politics. to the results of the senatorial elections.
Half of the senators in the upper house question the mandate. If the right remains in a position of strength, the left (ecologists, socialists, communists) hopes to obtain around a hundred elected officials. Horizons, which has only a handful of elected officials, hopes to form a group. This requires obtaining 10 senators.
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