FranceListe CSP, n° 50 · Institutions and politics
When are senators elected?
In the exam (French)
Quand sont élus les sénateurs ?
- aEvery five years, at the same time as the deputiesTous les cinq ans, en même temps que les députés
- bEvery three years, for one third of the seatsTous les trois ans, pour un tiers des sièges
- cEvery three years, for half of the seatsTous les trois ans, pour la moitié des siègesCorrect answer
- dEvery six years, for all the seats at the same timeTous les six ans, pour tous les sièges en même temps
Why?
Senators are elected for six years, but half of the Senate is renewed every three years, in September. They are elected by indirect universal suffrage, by an electoral college (grands électeurs): mostly delegates of the municipal councils, but also the deputies and the departmental and regional councillors.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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