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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 [ edit ]
2007 Presidential election [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the 25 February 2007 Senegalese presidential election results
Candidate
Party
Coalition
Votes
%
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 [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the 3 June 2007 National Assembly of Senegal election results
Parties and coalitions
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
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 [ edit ]
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