1978 Senegalese general election

{{Infobox election

| country = Senegal

| election_date = 26 February 1978

| previous_election = 1973 Senegalese general election

| previous_year = 1973

| next_election = 1983 Senegalese general election

| next_year = 1983

| module = {{Infobox election

| embed = yes

| election_name = Presidential election

| turnout = 63.12%

| image1 = UNESCO_History,_Visite_de_S._Exc._M._Léopold_Sedar_Senghor,_Président_de_la_République_du_Sénégal_-_UNESCO_-_PHOTO0000002688_0001_(cropped).tiff

| candidate1 = Léopold Sédar Senghor

| party1 = Socialist Party of Senegal

| popular_vote1 = 807,515

| percentage1 = 82.20%

| image2 = Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg

| candidate2 = Abdoulaye Wade

| party2 = Senegalese Democratic Party

| popular_vote2 = 174,817

| percentage2 = 17.80%

| map_image = 1978 Senegalese presidential election - Results by region.svg

| map_caption = Results by region

| title = President

| before_election = Léopold Sédar Senghor

| before_party = Socialist Party of Senegal

| after_election = Léopold Sédar Senghor

| after_party = Socialist Party of Senegal

| module = {{Infobox legislative election

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| election_name = Parliamentary election

| turnout = 62.64%

| party1 = Socialist Party of Senegal | leader1 = Léopold Sédar Senghor | percentage1 = 81.74 | seats1 = 82 | last_election1 = 100

| party2 = Senegalese Democratic Party | leader2 = Abdoulaye Wade | percentage2 = 17.88 | seats2 = 18 | last_election2 = New

}}}}}}{{Politics of Senegal}}

General elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 1978 to elect a president and National Assembly. Following a constitutional amendment in 1976,[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SENEGAL_1978_E.PDF Senegal] Inter-Parliamentary Union the elections were open to more than one party for the first time since 1963. President Léopold Sédar Senghor of the Socialist Party (formerly the Senegalese Progressive Union) was challenged by Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party, but won with 82% of the vote.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html Elections in Senegal] African Elections Database Members of the National Assembly were elected by closed-list proportional representation. In the National Assembly election, the Socialist Party won 82 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 63%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p765–770 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}}