1993 Senegalese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 21 February 1993. Incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party defeated seven other candidates, winning 58.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 51.5%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Abdou Diouf	Socialist Party	757,311	58.40
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	415,295	32.03
Landing Savané	And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism	37,787	2.91
Abdoulaye Bathily	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	31,279	2.41
Iba Der Thiam	Convention of Democrats and Patriots	20,840	1.61
Madior Diouf	National Democratic Rally	12,635	0.97
Mamadou Lô	Independent	11,058	0.85
Babacar Niang	Party for the Liberation of People	10,450	0.81
Invalid/blank votes		15,499	-
Total		1,312,154	100

Further reading

• Villalón, Leonardo A. (1994). "Democratizing a (Quasi) Democracy: The Senegalese Elections of 1993". African Affairs. 93 (371): 163–193. JSTOR 723839.