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