Elections in Senegal
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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
Electoral law
Gender parity
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
Presidential elections
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye | PASTEF | 2,434,751 | 54.28 | |
Amadou Ba | Alliance for the Republic | 1,605,086 | 35.79 | |
Aliou Mamadou Dia[7] | Party for Unity and Rally | 125,690 | 2.80 | |
Khalifa Sall | Manko Taxawu Sénégal | 69,760 | 1.56 | |
Idrissa Seck | Rewmi | 40,286 | 0.90 | |
Thierno Alassane Sall | Republic of Values | 25,946 | 0.58 | |
Boubacar Camara | Party of Construction and Solidarity | 23,359 | 0.52 | |
Aly Ngouille Ndiaye | Independent | 20,964 | 0.47 | |
Papa Djibril Fall | The Servants / MPR | 18,304 | 0.41 | |
Serigne Mboup | Independent | 16,049 | 0.36 | |
Déthié Fall | Republican Party for Progress | 15,836 | 0.35 | |
Daouda Ndiaye | Independent | 15,895 | 0.35 | |
Anta Babacar Ngom | Alternative for the Next Generation of Citizens | 15,457 | 0.34 | |
Cheikh Tidiane Dieye | Independent | 15,172 | 0.34 | |
Mamadou Diao | Independent | 14,591 | 0.33 | |
Mamadou Lamine Diallo | National Patriotic Union/Tekki | 9,998 | 0.22 | |
Mahammed Dionne | Independent | 8,435 | 0.19 | |
Malick Gakou | Grand Party | 6,343 | 0.14 | |
Habib Sy | Independent | 3,206 | 0.07 | |
Total | 4,485,128 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 4,485,128 | 99.24 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 34,125 | 0.76 | ||
Total votes | 4,519,253 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,371,890 | 61.30 | ||
Source: Conseil constitutionnel |
Parliamentary elections
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]
AAR Sénégal 52,173 | 1.60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bokk Gis Gis | 44,862 | 1.38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Naataangue Askan Wi | 25,833 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bunt Bi | 20,922 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 3,260,886 | 100.00 | 53 | 112 | 165 | ||||||
Valid votes | 3,260,886 | 99.44 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,224 | 0.56 | |||||||||
Total votes | 3,279,110 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,036,466 | 46.60 | |||||||||
Source: Constitutional Council[9] |
See also
References
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- ^ "Senegal's president concedes defeat; victory for African democracy". LA Times Blogs - World Now. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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- ^ "Senegal elects parliament in test for ruling party's influence". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "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.