Elections in Senegal

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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 five year term by the people (seven year before 2007). The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 120 members, elected for a five year term, in multi-seat constituencies. Senegal is a multi-party system.

1 Latest elections
- 1.1 2000 Presidential election
- 1.2 2001 Parliamentary election
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest elections

[edit] 2000 Presidential election

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Summary of the February 27 and March 19, 2000 Senegalese presidential **election results**
Candidates - Parties	%	%
Abdou Diouf - Socialist Party of Senegal (Parti socialiste du Sénégal)	41.3	41.5
Abdoulaye Wade - Senegalese Democratic Party	30.1	58.5
Moustapha Niasse - Alliance of Progress Forces	16.8
Djibo Leyti Kâ - Union for Democratic Renewal	7.1
Iba Der Thiam - Convention of Democrats and Patriots	1.2
Serigne Ousseynou Fall	1.1
Cheikh Abdoulaye Dieye	1.0
Mademba Sock	0.6
Total (turnout 62 %)	100.0	100.0
Source: Le Soleil and AFP.

[edit] 2001 Parliamentary election

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Summary of the 29 April 2001 National Assembly of Senegal **election results**
Parties		Votes	%	Seats
Coalition Sopi	Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais)	931,617	49.6	89
	Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travial)
	Others
Alliance of Progress Forces (Alliance des Forces du Progrès)		303,150	16.1	11
Socialist Party of Senegal (Parti socialiste du Sénégal)		326,126	17.4	10
Union for Democratic Renewal (Union pour le renouveau démocratique)		69,109	3.7	3
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme)		76,102	4.1	2
Senegalese Liberal Party (Parti libéral sénégalais)		17,240	0.9	1
Party for Progress and Citizenship (Parti pour le progrès et la citoyenneté)		17,122	0.9	1
Alliance for Progress and Justice Jëf-Jël (Alliance pour le Progrès et la Justice/Jëf-Jël)		15,048	0.8	1
National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Démocratique)		13,286	0.7	1
Party of Independence and Labour (Parti de l'Indépendance et le Travail)		10,854	0.6	1
Others		99,192	5.3	0
Total (turnout 67.4 %)				120'
Source: Le Soleil