Following the end of the nine-year terms of Series C senators, a senatorial election was held on 26 September 2001 in order to renew one-third of the members of the Senate.102 of the 322 seats were up for election.
Results Members%NumberPercentCommunist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist groupCRC237.2Socialist and Republican groupSOC8325.9European Democratic and Social Rally groupRDSE195.9Centrist Union groupUC5316.6Independent Republicans groupRI4012.5The Republicans groupRPR9630.0Non-Attached groupNI61.9Vacant(s)2Total322
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