Only three Breton departments were involved in this renewal: Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes-d'Armor, and Finistère.
The results of the senatorial elections were announced on Sunday evening. In Brittany, the major balances remain unchanged.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, the diverse center list of the outgoing senator and Minister of Territorial Planning and Decentralization, Françoise Gatel, wins decisively with 42% of the votes. Her running mate Nicolas Belloir is also elected. Ecologist Daniel Salmon (19%) and socialist Sylvie Robert (16%) are re-elected.
In Côtes-d'Armor, the left retains its two seats: Annie Le Houérou and Gérard Lahellec, on the same unity list, receive 45% of the votes. On the right, the outgoing Alain Cadec (27%) defeats the mayor of Dinan, Didier Lechien.
In Finistère, as in 2020, the diverse center list of Michel Canévet and Nadège Havet comes out on top with 34% and sees its two heads of list re-elected. Forough Dadkhah (17%) allows the Socialist Party to maintain its sole seat, held since 2008 by Jean-Luc Fichet, who did not run again. Diverse right candidate Patrick Leclerc (14%) makes his entry into the Senate.
An indirect vote
Let us remember that senators are not elected by citizens: only a few thousand "grand electors" per department vote, mainly local elected officials, among whom the delegates from municipal councils carry significant weight. This voting system over-represents small municipalities and distances the composition of the Senate from that of the electoral body. The percentages above are therefore those of this restricted college, not those of Breton women and men.
