# France’s far right gains ground in indirect Senate elections

https://mins.news/en/item/76269

- France 24, 2026-09-27 19:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260927-france-s-far-right-gains-ground-in-indirect-senate-elections

> Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its allies won 14 of the 348 seats in France’s Senate on Sunday, enough to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party’s history. Half of the Senate is elected indirectly every three years, while senators serve six-year terms.

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