Elections in Senegal gives information on election and election results in Senegal.
Senegal elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people (seven year before 2007). The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 150 members, elected for a five year term, in multi-seat constituencies. Senegal has a multi-party system.
There are plans to extend presidential terms to seven years.[1]
Latest elections
2007 Presidential election
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Summary of the 25 February 2007 Senegalese presidential election results
| Candidate |
Party |
Coalition |
Votes |
% |
| Abdoulaye Wade |
Senegalese Democratic Party |
Sopi 2007 |
1,914,403 |
55.90 |
| Idrissa Seck |
Rewmi party |
And Liggey Sénégal |
510,922 |
14.92 |
| Ousmane Tanor Dieng |
Socialist Party of Senegal |
|
464,287 |
13.56 |
| Moustapha Niasse |
Alliance of Progress Forces |
Alternance 2007 |
203,129 |
5.93 |
| Robert Sagna |
|
Takku Defaraat Sénégal |
88,446 |
2.58 |
| Abdoulaye Bathily |
Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party |
Jubbanti Sénégal |
75,797 |
2.21 |
| Landing Savané |
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism |
|
70,780 |
2.07 |
| Talla Sylla |
Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël |
|
18,022 |
0.53 |
| Cheikh Bamba Dièye |
Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël |
|
17,233 |
0.50 |
| Mamadou Lamine Diallo |
|
Tekki Taaru Sénégal |
16,570 |
0.48 |
| Mama Adama Guèye |
|
Sellal |
13,700 |
0.40 |
| Doudou Ndoye |
Union for Progress and Renewal |
|
9,918 |
0.29 |
| Alioune Mbaye |
Independent |
|
9,016 |
0.26 |
| Louis Jacques Senghor |
Movement for the Liberation of the Senegalese People |
|
8,212 |
0.24 |
| Modou Dia |
Independent |
|
4,491 |
0.13 |
| Total[2] (turnout: 70.5<]], won the election in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.[3]) |
3,424,926 |
100.0 |
2007 Parliamentary election
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Summary of the 3 June 2007 National Assembly of Senegal election results
| Parties and coalitions |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Coalition for Change 2007 (Sopi 2007) |
1,190,609 |
69.21 |
131 |
| Coalition Up to Rebuild Senegal (Takku Defaraat Sénégal) |
86,621 |
5.04 |
3 |
| Coalition Unite in Building Senegal (And Defaar Sénégal) |
84,998 |
4.94 |
3 |
| Coalition Call of Duty (Waar Wi) |
74,919 |
4.35 |
3 |
| Rally for the People (Rassemblement pour le peuple) |
73,083 |
4.25 |
2 |
| Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël (Front pour le socialisme et la démocratie) |
37,427 |
2.18 |
1 |
| Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël (Alliance pour le progrès et la justice) |
33,297 |
1.94 |
1 |
| Convergence for Renewal and Citizenship (Convergence pour le renouveau et la citoyenneté) |
30,658 |
1.78 |
1 |
| Authentic Socialist Party (Parti socialiste authentique) |
26,320 |
1.53 |
1 |
| National Patriotic Union/Tekki (Union nationale patriotique) |
22,271 |
1.29 |
1 |
| Reform Movement for Social Development (Mouvement de la réforme pour le développement social) |
20,041 |
1.16 |
1 |
| Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal (Rassemblement des écologistes du Sénégal – Les Verts) |
17,267 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Social Democratic Party/Jant Bi (Parti social-démocrate) |
15,968 |
0.93 |
1 |
| Senegalese Patriotic Rally/Jammi Rewmi (Rassemblement patriotique sénégalais) |
6,847 |
0.40 |
0 |
| Total (turnout 34.75%) |
1,720,326 |
100.0 |
150[2] |
Past elections
See also
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