Elections in Senegal

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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 seven-year term by the people (between 2001 and 2008, it was a five-year term; this was changed back to the pre-2001 seven-year term in 2008,[1] though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms[2]).

The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 150 members, elected for a five-year term, in multi-seat constituencies. Senegal has a multi-party system.

Latest elections

2007 Presidential election

 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[3] (turnout: 70.5[4]) 3,424,926 100.0

2007 Parliamentary election

 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[3]

Past elections

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7532882.stm
  2. ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/03/senegals-president-concedes-defeat-a-spot-of-rare-good-news-for-african-democracy.html
  3. 1 2 "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), March 11, 2007 (French).
  4. ↑ Diadie Ba, "Senegal's Wade re-elected, warns opposition", Reuters (Mail & Guardian Online), 2 March 2007.

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