Senegal elects on the 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.

Electoral law edit

Gender parity edit

In 2010, as a result of feminist campaigning,[3] Law 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 established "absolute parity" in all institutions that are "partially or totally" electoral. Lists of candidates have to alternate candidates of "the two sexes".[4]

In the 2012 parliamentary election, 64 of the 150 seats[5] (43%) were won by women candidates and in the 2022 election, 73 of the 165 seats (44%) were won by women.[6]

Latest elections edit

Presidential elections edit

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Bassirou Diomaye FayePASTEF2,434,11054.34
Amadou BaAlliance for the Republic1,603,71335.80
Aliou Mamadou Dia[7]Party for Unity and Rally123,4712.76
Khalifa SallManko Taxawu Sénégal69,6081.55
Idrissa SeckRewmi40,1280.90
Thierno Alassane Sall [fr]Republic of Values25,6570.57
Boubacar Camara [fr]Party of Construction and Solidarity23,2580.52
Aly Ngouille Ndiaye [fr]Independent20,9180.47
Papa Djibril FallThe Servants / MPR18,2120.41
Serigne MboupIndependent15,9530.36
Déthié FallRepublican Party for Progress15,7350.35
Daouda NdiayeIndependent15,8140.35
Anta Babacar NgomAlternative for the Next Generation of Citizens15,3190.34
Cheikh Tidiane DieyeIndependent15,0890.34
El Hadji Mamadou DiaoIndependent14,4250.32
Mamadou Lamine Diallo [fr]National Patriotic Union/Tekki9,9680.22
Mahammed DionneIndependent8,3680.19
Malick Gakou [fr]Grand Party6,2910.14
Habib SyIndependent3,1820.07
Total4,479,219100.00
Valid votes4,479,21999.46
Invalid/blank votes24,5010.54
Total votes4,503,720100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,378,33061.04
Source: GEHSC

Parliamentary elections edit

Polls opened at 8:00 GMT and closed at 18:00 GMT on 31 July 2022. Partial results were expected to be announced on 31 July, with the provisional overall results to be announced on 5 August 2022.[8] Women won 64 of the 165 seats, in line with the requirement of the 2010 gender parity law on Senegalese elections.[6]

 
PartyVotes%Seats
NationalDepartmentalTotal
United in Hope1,518,13746.56255782
Liberate the People1,071,13932.85173956
Wallu Sénégal471,51714.4681624
The Servants – MPR56,3031.73101
AAR Sénégal52,1731.60101
Bokk Gis Gis44,8621.38101
Naataangue Askan Wi25,8330.79000
Bunt Bi20,9220.64000
Total3,260,886100.0053112165
Valid votes3,260,88699.44
Invalid/blank votes18,2240.56
Total votes3,279,110100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,036,46646.60
Source: Constitutional Council[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Concern at Senegal term extension". 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ "Senegal's president concedes defeat; victory for African democracy". LA Times Blogs - World Now. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ^ Barrel Gueye; Selly Ba (7 July 2021), Senegalese Feminism Across Generations: From Radicalism to a More Inclusive Feminism, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Wikidata Q125142417, archived from the original on 25 March 2024
  4. ^ "Loi n° 2010-11 du 28 maLoi n° 2010-11 du 28 mai 2010 instituant la parité absolue Homme-Femmei 2010 instituant la parité absolue Homme-Femme" (PDF). journal officiel du Sénégal (in French). 28 May 2010. Wikidata Q125145915. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ Elections Législatives au Sénégal: le nombre de femmes députées a presque doublé (in French), UN Women, 12 July 2012, Wikidata Q125176572, archived from the original on 27 March 2024
  6. ^ a b Keisha Gitari (12 September 2022), Le Sénégal compte la plus forte proportion de femmes parlementaires en Afrique de l'Ouest (in French), BBC News, Wikidata Q125176756, archived from the original on 27 March 2024
  7. ^ "Portrait : Qui est Aliou Mamadou Dia, candidat du PUR à l'élection présidentielle de 2024". Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Senegal elects parliament in test for ruling party's influence". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ "DÉCISION n° 20-E-2022 AFFAIRES n° 28-E-22 et n° 29-E-22". 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.

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