National Assembly (Senegal)

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The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the Parliament of Senegal.

The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 1 July 2012, has a total of 150 elected members who serve five-year terms. The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system. Ninety deputies are elected in 35 single and multi-member districts (departments) by simple majority (plurality) party block vote (PBV, winning party list takes all seats in the district). The remaining 60 seats are filled proportionally based on the national distribution of votes. Voters have a single ballot and vote for the party list. This single ballot is applied to both the majoritarian and proportional vote counts.

Party Votes % Seats
United in Hope coalition[a]1,040,89953.06119
Senegalese Democratic Party298,84615.2312
Bokk Gis Gis143,1807.304
Citizen Movement for National Reform113,3215.784
Republican Movement for Socialism and Democracy70,6553.602
Party for Truth and Development48,5532.472
Union for Democratic Renewal21,9641.121
Senegalese Patriotic Movement21,8681.111
Patriotic Convergence for Justice and Equity20,7621.061
Party for the Emergence of Citizens20,6711.051
Deggo Souxali Transport ak Commerce18,8590.961
Leeral Coalition17,7910.911
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism15,8890.811
Democratic Alliance14,8410.760
And Taxawal Askan Wi coalition12,9220.470
Wallu Askan Senegal coalition12,0440.610
Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal11,7830.600
Salam coalition10,8550.550
Authentic Socialist Party9,5770.490
Lii Dal Na Xel coalition9,2160.470
Taxawu Askan Wi Party8,1070.410
Synergy for Progress and Democracy7,3260.370
Allied Coalition of the People6,7170.340
Citizen Democracy5,1300.260
Invalid/blank votes7,076––
Total1,968,852100150
Registered voters/turnout5,368,78336.67–
Source: African Elections Database

a The United in Hope coalition included the Alliance for the Republic.[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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ba, Diadie (1 July 2012), "Senegal's Sall seen winning parliament vote", Reuters

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Coordinates: 14°39′45″N 17°26′18″W / 14.66250°N 17.43833°W / 14.66250; -17.43833

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