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The National Assembly of Senegal (French: Assemblée nationale du Sénégal) is the lower house of the country's parliament.

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The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 29 April 2001, has a total of 120 directly elected members who serve five-year terms.

 v  d  e 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[1]

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party/Coalition Election Year
1963 1968(1) 1973(1) 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998
Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS)
(note 2)
80 - - - - - - -
Socialist Party of Senegal (PS) - 80 100 83 111 103 84 93
Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) - - - 17 08 17 27 23
National Democratic Rally (RND) - - - - 01 - - 01
Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) - - - - - - 03 03
Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) (note 3) - - - - - - 03 -
Party of Independence and Work (PIT) - - - - - - 02 01
Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal (UDS-R) - - - - - - 01 01
Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) - - - - - - - 11
And-Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS) - - - - - - - 04
Convention of Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi) - - - - - - - 01
Front for Socialism and Democracy-Benno Jubël (FSD-BJ) - - - - - - - 01
Gaïndé Centrist Bloc (BGC) - - - - - - - 01
Total 80 80 100 100 120 120 120 140

Notes

  1. The Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the Socialist Party's predecessor.
  2. Senegal was a one party state from 1966 to 1974. Only the Socialist Party fielded candidates in the 1968 and 1973 elections.
  3. Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) was a coalition of three political parties - the National Democratic Rally (RND), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), and Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi).

List of National Assembly Presidents

President Began Ended Political Party
Lamine Guèye 1960 1968
Amadou Cissé Dia 1968 1983
Habib Thiam 1983 1984
Daouda Sow 12 April 1984 1988
Abdoul Aziz Ndaw 1988 1993 Socialist Party of Senegal
Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho 1993 2001 Socialist Party of Senegal
Youssou Diagne 2001 12 June 2002
Pape Diop June 2002 June 2007 Senegalese Democratic Party
Macky Sall 20 June 2007 9 November 2008 Senegalese Democratic Party
Mamadou Seck 16 November 2008 present Senegalese Democratic Party

See also

References

  1. ^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), March 11, 2007 (French).

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