1988 Senegalese general election

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1988 Senegalese general election

28 February 1988
Presidential election
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Turnout58.77%
 
Candidate Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade
Party PS PDS
Popular vote 828,301 291,869
Percentage 73.21% 25.80%

President before election

Abdou Diouf
PS

Elected President

Abdou Diouf
PS

Parliamentary election
← 1983
1993 →
Turnout57.87%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PS Abdou Diouf 71.34 103 −8
PDS Abdoulaye Wade 47.74 17 +9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in

National Assembly. Incumbent President Abdou Diouf defeated three other candidates in the presidential election, whilst in the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 103 of the 120 seats.[1]
Voter turnout was 58% in the Assembly election and 59% in the presidential election.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdou DioufSocialist Party828,30173.21
Abdoulaye WadeSenegalese Democratic Party291,86925.80
Babacar Niang [fr]Party for the Liberation of the People [fr]8,4490.75
Landing SavanéAnd-Jëf/Revolutionary Movement for New Democracy2,8490.25
Total1,131,468100.00
Valid votes1,131,46899.64
Invalid/blank votes4,0330.36
Total votes1,135,501100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,932,26558.77
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party794,55971.34103–8
Senegalese Democratic Party275,55224.7417+8
Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party15,6641.4100
Party for the Liberation of the People [fr]13,1861.180New
Party of Independence and Labour9,3040.8400
Senegalese Democratic Party – Renewal5,4810.490New
Total1,113,746100.001200
Valid votes1,113,74699.60
Invalid/blank votes4,5000.40
Total votes1,118,246100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,932,26557.87
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. ^ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database