2004 French Senate election
Following the end of the 9-year terms of 127 "series C" senators, indirect senatorial elections were held in France on September 26, 2004.
This was the last renewal of serie C senators- following the electoral reform, senators are not elected by thirds to nine-year terms but by halves to six-year terms.
Since 2001, 10 seats had been added to Senate. This election elected Senators from 28 departments on the mainland, 2 from Guadeloupe and Martinique, 2 from overseas territories, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and 4 senators representing French citizens abroad.
The 117 incumbents were divided in the following way:
