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.[1]
| Members | % | |||
| Number | Percent | |||
| Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group | CRC | 23 | 7.2 | |
| Socialist and Republican group | SOC | 83 | 25.9 | |
| European Democratic and Social Rally group | RDSE | 19 | 5.9 | |
| Centrist Union group | UC | 53 | 16.6 | |
| Independent Republicans group | RI | 40 | 12.5 | |
| The Republicans group | RPR | 96 | 30.0 | |
| Non-Attached group | NI | 6 | 1.9 | |
| Vacant(s) | 2 | |||
| Total | 322 | |||