Elections in Senegal

Senegal elects on the 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,{{Cite news|date=2008-07-30|title=Concern at Senegal term extension|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7532882.stm|access-date=2022-01-10}} though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms{{Cite web|date=2012-03-26|title=Senegal's president concedes defeat; victory for African democracy|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/03/senegals-president-concedes-defeat-a-spot-of-rare-good-news-for-african-democracy.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=LA Times Blogs - World Now|language=en-US}}).

The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 150 members, elected for a five-year term, in multi-seat constituencies. Senegal has a multi-party system.

Electoral law

=Gender parity=

In 2010, as a result of feminist campaigning,{{cite Q|Q125142417|url-status=live}} Law 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 established "absolute parity" in all institutions that are "partially or totally" electoral. Lists of candidates have to alternate candidates of "the two sexes".{{cite Q|Q125145915|url-status=live}}

In the 2012 parliamentary election, 64 of the 150 seats{{cite Q|Q125176572|url-status=live}} (43%) were won by women candidates and in the 2022 election, 73 of the 165 seats (44%) were won by women.{{cite Q|Q125176756|url-status=live}}

Latest elections

=Presidential elections=

=Parliamentary elections=

References

External links

[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/senegal/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
[http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html African Elections Database]