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Elections in Senegal
Political Profile
Political System:
Democracy
President: Macky Sall (APR-Yakaar) [since 2 April 2012; elected 2012] The President is elected by direct popular vote
for a 7-year term. Electoral System: Two Round (Run-off).
Prime Minister: Abdoul Mbaye [since
3 April 2012] The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
Parliament [bicameral]
--Senate (100 Seats) 35 are indirectly elected by members of the National
Assembly, local, municipal and regional councils as well as the Superior Council of Senegalese Abroad, 65 members are appointed
by the President; members serve 5-year terms.
--National Assembly (150 Seats) Members are elected by direct popular vote through parallel systems - 90 in single or multi-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system and 60
by party-list proportional representation; members serve 5-year terms.
Electoral Authority: Autonomous National Electoral Commission
Political Situation since Independence
1960-1963 Emerging Democracy
1963-1966 Restricted Democratic Practice
1966-1974 One Party State (UPS)
1974-1978 Restricted Democratic Practice
1978-2000 Emerging Democracy
2000- Democracy
2012 Freedom House Rating: Political Rights - 3, Civil Liberties - 3, Status: Partly Free
Next Scheduled Presidential Election: 2019
Next Scheduled National Assembly Election: 1 July 2012
Political Parties: ADN - Action for National
Development, AFP - Alliance of Progressive Forces, AJ-PADS - And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism, APJ-JJ
- Alliance for Progress and Justice-Jëf-Jël, APR-Yakaar - Alliance for the Republic, BCG - Gaïndé Centrist Bloc, BMS - Bloc of the Senegalese Masses, CDP-Garab
Gi - Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi, FSD-BJ - Front for Socialism and Democracy-Benno Jubël, IDJ - Jogal Democratic
Initiative, LD-MPT - Democratic League-Labor Party Movement, MDP - People's Democratic Movement, MGD - Movement of the Democratic
Left, MPCL - Citizen Political Movement, MRDN - Revolutionary Movement for New Democracy, MLPS - Senegalese
People's Liberal Movement, MSU - Movement for Socialism and Unity, PAI - African Independence Party, PAIM - African Party
for the Independence of the Masses, PDC - Party for Democracy and Citizenship, PDS - Senegalese Democratic Party, PDS-R - Senegalese Democratic Party-Renewal, PHNJ - Humanist Party Ñaxx Jariñu, PIT - Independence and Labor Party, PLP - Party for the Liberation
of People, PLS - Senegalese Liberal Party, PPC - Party for Progress and Citizenship, PPS - Senegalese People's Party, PRA-Senegal
- African Regroupment Party-Senegal, PRS - Republican Party of Senegal, PS - Socialist Party, PSS - Senegalese Solidarity Party, RES-Les Verts - Rally of the Ecologists
of Senegal-The Greens, REWMI - Rewmi (Country) Party, RND - National Democratic Rally, RPJS - Rally for Progress, Justice,
and Socialism, RTA-S - Rally of African Laborers-Senegal, UDF-Mboloomi - Union for Democracy and Federalism-Mboolomi, UDS-R
- Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal, UPR - Union for the Republic, UPS - Senegalese Progressive Union, URD - Union for Democratic
Renewal, USD - Union for Socialism and Democracy, YAAKAAR - Party of Hope.
Coalitions: Senegalese
Democracy and Unity (DUS) [Contested the 1963 National Assembly Election] Member parties include the African Regroupment
Party-Senegal (PRA-Senegal), African Independence Party (PAI), and a few members of the Bloc of the Senegalese Masses (BMS);
Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) [Contested the 1993 National Assembly Election] Member Parties include the National Democratic
Rally (RND), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), and Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab
Gi (CDP-Garab Gi); Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) [Contested the 1998 National Assembly Election] Member
parties include the Alliance for Progress and Justice-Jëf-Jël (APJ-JJ), Union for Socialism and Democracy (USD), and the Movement
of the Democratic Left (MGD); Alternative 2000 Coalition [Contested the 2000 Presidential Election] Member parties
include the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Action for National Development (ADN), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy
and Socialism (AJ-PADS), Democratic League-Labor Party Movement (LD-MPT), Movement for Socialism and Unity (MSU), Independence
and Labor Party (PIT), and the Union for Democracy and Federalism-Mboolomi (UDF-Mboolomi); SOPI "Change" Coalition
[Contested the 2001 National Assembly Election] A Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) led alliance of 40 political parties;
Alternative 2007 (CA 2007) [Contested the 2007 Presidential Election] An Alliance of Progressive Forces (AFP) led alliance
that supported Moustapha Niasse's candidacy; And Liggey Sénégal [Contested the 2007 Presidential Election] A Rewmi
Party led alliance that supported Idrissa Seck's candidacy; Jubbanti Sénégal [Contested the 2007 Presidential Election]
A Democratic League-Labor Party Movement (LD-MPT) led alliance that supported Abdoulaye Bathily's candidacy; Sopi 2007
[Contested the 2007 Presidential and National Assembly Elections] A Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) led alliance of political
parties; Takku Defaraat Sénégal [Contested the 2007 Presidential and National Assembly Elections] Member parties
not available; Tekki Taaru Sénégal [Contested the 2007 Presidential Election] An alliance that supported Mamadou Lamine
Diallo's candidacy; Waar-wi [Contested the 2007 National Assembly Election] Member parties not available; Allied
Forces for Victory 2012 (FAL 2012) [Contested the 2012 Presidential Election] A Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)
led alliance of political parties and citizens' movements that supported Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy; Bennoo Ak Tanor
[Contested the 2012 Presidential Election] A Socialist Party (PS) led alliance of political parties and citizens' movements
that supported Ousmane Tanor Dieng's candidacy; Bennoo Siggil Senegaal (BSS) [Contested the 2012 Presidential Election]
Alliance of political parties, citizens' movements, and individuals that supported Moustapha Niasse's candidacy; Macky
2012 [Contested the 2012 Presidential Election] Alliance of political parties and citizens' movements that supported Macky
Sall's candidacy; Idy 4 Président [Contested the 2012 Presidential Election] Alliance that supported Idrissa Seck's
candidacy.
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