Event Brief
National Rally wins Senate seats via indirect elections
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM ET
Summary: Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and allies won enough seats in France’s Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party’s history. The result gives them 14 of 348 seats, with half the chamber elected indirectly every three years for six-year terms.
WHO: Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and its allies
WHAT: They won enough seats in France’s Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time.
WHEN: Sep 27, 2026
WHERE: France
WHY: A scheduled indirect Senate election determined the seats needed to form a parliamentary group.
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