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Senegal Detailed Election Results
 
 
Political Parties: ADN - Action for National Development, AFP - Alliance of Progressive Forces, AJ-PADS - And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism, APR-Yakaar - Alliance for the Republic, 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, MPCL - Citizen Political Movement, MSU - Movement for Socialism and Democracy, PDC - Party for Democracy and Citizenship, PDS - Senegalese Democratic Party, PHNJ - Humanist Party Ñaxx Jariñu, PIT - Independence and Labor Party, PRS - Republican Party of Senegal, PS - Socialist Party, REWMI - Rewmi (Country) Party, RTA-S - Rally of African Laborers-Senegal, UDF-Mboolomi - Union for Democracy and Federalism-Mboolomi, UPR - Union for the Republic, URD - Union for Democratic Renewal, YAAKAAR - Party of Hope.
Coalitions: 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); 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.
 
27 FEBRUARY 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (FIRST ROUND)
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region
Dakar Diourbel Fatick Kaolack Kolda Louga
Abdou Diouf (PS) 110,154 (23.89%) 45,587 (46.78%) 53,649 (51.40%) 84,434 (44.80%) 53,094 (45.07%) 62,436 (55.43%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [Alternative 2000] 219,617 (47.63%) 29,483 (30.26%) 16,438 (15.75%) 26,022 (13.81%) 37,174 (31.56%) 20,746 (18.42%)
Moustapha Niasse (AFP) 93,255 (20.22%) 12,111 (12.43%) 25,615 (24.54%) 60,966 (32.35%) 15,891 (13.49%) 8,015 (7.12%)
Djibo Leïty Kâ (URD) 23,779 (5.16%) 4,003
(4.11%)
4,314 (4.13%) 9,873 (5.24%) 6,180 (5.25%) 17,291 (15.35%)
Iba Der Thiam (CDP-Garab Gi) 4,911 (1.07%) 1,610
(1.65%)
1,545 (1.48%) 2,359 (1.25%) 1,987 (1.69%) 1,192 (1.06%)
Ousseynou Fall (PRS) 4,742 (1.03%) 3,224
(3.31%)
1,195 (1.15%) 1,898 (1.01%) 959
(0.81%)
1,027 (0.91%)
Cheikh Abdoulaye Dièye (FSD-BJ) 2,962 (0.64%) 845
(0.87%)
954
(0.91%)
1,740 (0.92%) 1,486 (1.26%) 1,155 (1.03%)
Mademba Sock (RTA-S) 1,672 (0.36%) 577
(0.59%)
656
(0.63%)
1,186 (0.63%) 1,024 (0.87%) 783
(0.70%)
Total Valid Votes 461,092 97,440 104,366 188,478 117,795 112,645
Invalid/Blank Votes 2,303 1,851 1,854 3,136 3,789 1,687
Total Votes 463,395 99,291 106,220 191,614 121,584 114,332
Registered Voters 684,826 172,737 163,099 310,501 201,440 194,388
Voter Turnout 67.7% 57.5% 65.1% 61.7% 60.4% 58.8%
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region Voters Abroad* National
Total
Saint-Louis Tambacounda Thiès Ziguinchor
Abdou Diouf (PS) 80,199 (51.84%) 44,986 (52.72%) 109,347 (45.94%) 27,288 (38.42%) 19,743 (46.91%) 690,917 (41.30%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [Alternative 2000] 30,133 (19.48%) 19,653 (23.03%) 82,672 (34.73%) 28,968 (40.78%) 7,834 (18.61%) 518,740 (31.01%)
Moustapha Niasse (AFP) 12,921 (8.35%) 7,809
(9.15%)
29,060 (12.21%) 9,627 (13.55%) 5,268 (12.52%) 280,538 (16.77%)
Djibo Leïty Kâ (URD) 26,398 (17.06%) 7,736
(9.07%)
7,951 (3.34%) 2,663 (3.75%) 8,296 (19.71%) 118,484 (7.08%)
Iba Der Thiam (CDP-Garab Gi) 1,341 (0.87%) 1,290
(1.51%)
2,699 (1.13%) 981
(1.38%)
249
(0.59%)
20,164 (1.21%)
Ousseynou Fall (PRS) 807
(0.52%)
858
(1.01%)
3,229 (1.36%) 402
(0.57%)
263
(0.62%)
18,604 (1.11%)
Cheikh Abdoulaye Dièye (FSD-BJ) 2,197 (1.42%) 2,011
(2.36%)
2,050 (0.86%) 541
(0.76%)
270
(0.64%)
16,211 (0.97%)
Mademba Sock (RTA-S) 709
(0.46%)
985
(1.15%)
1,006 (0.42%) 564
(0.79%)
164
(0.39%)
9,326 (0.56%)
Total Valid Votes 154,705 85,328 238,014 71,034 42,087 1,672,984
Invalid/Blank Votes 2,318 2,286 2,934 861 381 23,400
Total Votes 157,023 87,614 240,948 71,895 42,468 1,696,384
Registered Voters 244,930 145,592 385,236 117,050 106,188 2,725,987
Voter Turnout 64.1% 60.2% 62.5% 61.4% 40.0% 62.2%
*A country-by-country breakdown of voters abroad can be found here.
 
 
7 JANUARY 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
Region Results Total Valid
Votes
Invalid/
Blank
Votes
Total
Votes
Registered Voters Voter Turnout
"Yes" Votes "No" Votes
Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Votes % of Votes
Dakar 430,009 94.39% 25,573 5.61% 455,582 6,300 461,882 648,273 71.2%
Dioubel 100,945 96.38% 3,787 3.62% 104,732 1,571 106,303 166,052 64.0%
Fatick 98,501 94.77% 5,441 5.23% 103,942 1,678 105,620 151,314 69.8%
Kaolack 165,679 93.31% 11,880 6.69% 177,559 2,773 180,332 271,322 66.5%
Kolda 126,643 93.92% 8,197 6.08% 134,840 3,436 138,276 195,030 70.9%
Louga 94,867 92.75% 7,418 7.25% 102,285 1,611 103,896 169,287 61.4%
Saint-Louis 136,653 91.95% 11,959 8.05% 148,612 2,607 151,219 240,535 62.9%
Tambacounda 84,151 92.33% 6,995 7.67% 91,146 2,050 93,196 136,104 68.5%
Thiès 211,817 94.34% 12,715 5.66% 224,532 3,331 227,863 338,314 67.4%
Ziguinchor 72,912 95.73% 3,255 4.27% 76,167 1,008 77,175 120,326 64.1%
Voters Abroad 37,255 95.18% 1,888 4.82% 39,143 257 39,400 126,865 31.1%
National Total 1,559,432 94.02% 99,108 5.98% 1,658,540 26,622 1,685,162 2,563,422 65.7%
 
 
26 FEBRUARY 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (FIRST ROUND)
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region
Dakar Dioubel Fatick Kaffrine Kaolack Kédougou Kolda Louga
Macky Sall (APR-Yakaar) [Macky 2012] 205,338 (27.41%) 61,725 (30.64%) 55,839 (40.93%) 16,868 (16.98%) 33,768 (18.42%) 4,656 (19.99%) 26,079 (24.88%) 55,266 (30.39%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [FAL 2012] 189,493 (25.29%) 98,357 (48.82%) 36,862 (27.02%) 42,660 (42.94%) 48,255 (26.32%) 13,882 (59.61%) 51,131 (48.77%) 76,301 (41.96%)
Moustapha Niasse (AFP) [BSS] 131,444 (17.55%) 9,754 (4.84%) 17,860 (13.09%) 20,980 (21.12%) 66,342 (36.18%) 1,613 (6.93%) 7,764 (7.41%) 10,571 (5.81%)
Ousmane Tanor Dieng (PS) [Bennoo Ak Tanor] 89,583 (11.96%) 11,719 (5.82%) 17,259 (12.65%) 11,804 (11.88%) 20,608 (11.24%) 806 (3.46%) 9,388 (8.96%) 23,623 (12.99%)
Idrissa Seck (Rewmi) [Idy 4 Président] 65,560 (8.75%) 10,278 (5.10%) 3,219 (2.36%) 3,330
(3.35%)
6,712 (3.66%) 590 (2.53%) 5,218 (4.98%) 7,564 (4.16%)
Cheikh Bamba Dièye (FSD-BJ) 25,673 (3.43%) 2,340 (1.16%) 896 (0.66%) 775
(0.78%)
2,023 (1.10%) 182 (0.78%) 584 (0.56%) 1,831 (1.01%)
Ibrahima Fall 27,075 (3.61%) 1,861 (0.92%) 735 (0.54%) 459
(0.46%)
1,145 (0.62%) 176 (0.76%) 460 (0.44%) 1,673 (0.92%)
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (MPCL) 6,699 (0.89%) 1,358 (0.67%) 1,314 (0.96%) 824
(0.83%)
1,413 (0.77%) 499 (2.14%) 1,920 (1.83%) 1,964 (1.08%)
Mor Dieng (Yaakaar) 1,572 (0.21%) 1,617 (0.80%) 699 (0.51%) 549
(0.55%)
823 (0.45%) 156 (0.67%) 703 (0.67%) 980 (0.54%)
Djibril Ngom 2,667 (0.36%) 1,035 (0.51%) 628 (0.46%) 366
(0.37%)
896 (0.49%) 188 (0.81%) 409 (0.39%) 700 (0.38%)
Oumar Khassimou Dia (PHNJ) 1,128 (0.15%) 468 (0.23%) 413 (0.30%) 205
(0.21%)
433 (0.24%) 142 (0.61%) 373 (0.36%) 422 (0.23%)
Amsatou Sow Sidibé (PDC)* 1,370 (0.18%) 298 (0.15%) 233 (0.17%) 152
(0.15%)
309 (0.17%) 172 (0.74%) 318 (0.30%) 279 (0.15%)
Doudou Ndoye (UPR) 822 (0.11%) 405 (0.20%) 323 (0.24%) 255
(0.26%)
422 (0.23%) 87
(0.37%)
235 (0.22%) 417 (0.23%)
Diouma Diakhaté (IDJ) 721 (0.10%) 263 (0.13%) 152 (0.11%) 124
(0.12%)
196 (0.11%) 140 (0.60%) 252 (0.24%) 266 (0.15%)
Total Valid Votes 749,145 201,478 136,432 99,351 183,345 23,289 104,834 181,857
Invalid/Blank Votes 5,006 2,543 1,496 1,670 1,985 480 1,923 2,025
Total Votes 754,151 204,021 137,928 101,021 185,330 23,769 106,757 183,882
Registered Voters 1,558,350 448,135 231,749 172,091 339,486 43,936 190,027 326,161
Voter Turnout 48.4% 45.5% 59.5% 58.7% 54.6% 54.1% 56.2% 56.4%
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region Voters Abroad National Total
Matam Saint-Louis Sédhiou Tambacounda Thiès Ziguinchor
Macky Sall (APR-Yakaar) [Macky 2012] 54,954 (50.88%) 60,229 (28.88%) 14,531 (17.76%) 28,768 (29.42%) 57,376 (15.57%) 17,832 (20.35%) 26,138 (34.93%) 719,367 (26.58%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [FAL 2012] 41,205 (38.15%) 85,272 (40.89%) 50,234 (61.41%) 45,419 (46.65%) 97,590 (26.49%) 42,968 (49.03%) 22,698 (30.33%) 942,327 (34.81%)
Moustapha Niasse (AFP) [BSS] 5,474 (5.07%) 13,233 (6.34%) 5,239 (6.40%) 8,479
(8.67%)
33,079 (8.98%) 16,511 (18.84%) 8,987 (12.01%) 357,330 (13.20%)
Ousmane Tanor Dieng (PS) [Bennoo Ak Tanor] 2,121 (1.96%) 24,956 (11.97%) 5,407 (6.61%) 8,716
(8.91%)
72,394 (19.65%) 3,636 (4.15%) 3,904 (5.22%) 305,924 (11.30%)
Idrissa Seck (Rewmi) [Idy 4 Président] 812 (0.75%) 11,922 (5.72%) 2,516 (3.08%) 2,345
(2.40%)
85,404 (23.18%) 3,102 (3.54%) 4,281 (5.72%) 212,853 (7.86%)
Cheikh Bamba Dièye (FSD-BJ) 538 (0.50%) 6,078 (2.91%) 746 (0.91%) 712
(0.73%)
6,462 (1.75%) 739 (0.84%) 2,617 (3.50%) 52,196 (1.93%)
Ibrahima Fall 393 (0.36%) 1,802 (0.86%) 338 (0.41%) 421
(0.43%)
7,524 (2.04%) 385 (0.44%) 4,525 (6.05%) 48,972 (1.81%)
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (MPCL) 1,272 (1.18%) 2,079 (1.00%) 994 (1.22%) 1,077
(1.10%)
3,102 (0.84%) 1,194 (1.36%) 946 (1.26%) 26,655 (0.98%)
Mor Dieng (Yaakaar) 251 (0.23%) 798 (0.38%) 476 (0.58%) 420
(0.43%)
1,949 (0.53%) 276 (0.31%) 133 (0.18%) 11,402 (0.42%)
Djibril Ngom 296 (0.27%) 673 (0.32%) 281 (0.34%) 383
(0.39%)
1,257 (0.34%) 271 (0.31%) 157 (0.21%) 10,207 (0.38%)
Oumar Khassimou Dia (PHNJ) 259 (0.24%) 553 (0.27%) 367 (0.45%) 363
(0.37%)
990 (0.27%) 235 (0.27%) 118 (0.16%) 6,469 (0.24%)
Amsatou Sow Sidibé (PDC)* 190 (0.18%) 463 (0.22%) 285 (0.35%) 239
(0.24%)
485 (0.13%) 201 (0.23%) 173 (0.23%) 5,167 (0.19%)
Doudou Ndoye (UPR) 145 (0.13%) 268 (0.13%) 224 (0.27%) 243
(0.25%)
493 (0.13%) 160 (0.18%) 67
(0.09%)
4,566 (0.17%)
Diouma Diakhaté (IDJ) 107 (0.10%) 233 (0.11%) 166 (0.20%) 193
(0.20%)
323 (0.09%) 132 (0.15%) 86
(0.11%)
3,354 (0.12%)
Total Valid Votes 108,017 208,559 81,804 97,778 368,428 87,642 74,830 2,706,789
Invalid/Blank Votes 1,544 2,083 1,406 1,581 3,227 846 531 28,346
Total Votes 109,561 210,642 83,210 99,359 371,655 88,488 75,361 2,735,135
Registered Voters 186,965 382,554 153,238 188,174 672,048 219,522 189,913 5,302,349
Voter Turnout 58.6% 55.1% 54.3% 52.8% 55.3% 40.3% 39.7% 51.6%
25 MARCH 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (SECOND ROUND)
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region
Dakar Dioubel Fatick Kaffrine Kaolack Kédougou Kolda Louga
Macky Sall (APR-Yakaar) [Macky 2012] 606,619 (73.59%) 116,991 (51.83%) 101,389 (74.27%) 62,103 (59.88%) 136,681 (73.32%) 10,246 (43.96%) 56,271 (51.34%) 116,661 (59.43%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [FAL 2012] 217,753 (26.41%) 108,733 (48.17%) 35,118 (25.73%) 41,613 (40.12%) 49,736 (26.68%) 13,062 (56.04%) 53,327 (48.66%) 79,653 (40.57%)
Total Valid Votes 824,372 225,724 136,507 103,716 186,417 23,308 109,598 196,314
Invalid/Blank Votes 3,047 1,135 540 696 793 206 1,048 913
Total Votes 827,419 226,859 137,047 104,412 187,210 23,514 110,646 197,227
Registered Voters 1,560,956 447,593 231,253 171,923 338,348 43,845 189,096 325,966
Voter Turnout 53.0% 50.7% 59.3% 60.7% 55.3% 53.6% 58.5% 60.5%
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region Voters Abroad National Total
Matam Saint-Louis Sédhiou Tambacounda Thiès Ziguinchor
Macky Sall (APR-Yakaar) [Macky 2012] 74,081 (65.75%) 138,711 (61.96%) 33,440 (39.32%) 57,553 (56.40%) 281,450 (72.86%) 53,218 (54.17%) 63,830 (72.79%) 1,909,244 (65.80%)
Abdoulaye Wade (PDS) [FAL 2012] 38,596 (34.25%) 85,162 (38.04%) 51,596 (60.68%) 44,489 (43.60%) 104,835 (27.14%) 45,017 (45.83%) 23,866 (27.21%) 992,556 (34.20%)
Total Valid Votes 112,677 223,873 85,036 102,042 386,285 98,235 87,696 2,901,800
Invalid/Blank Votes 884 990 684 877 1,497 434 349 14,093
Total Votes 113,561 224,863 85,720 102,919 387,782 98,669 88,045 2,915,893
Registered Voters 186,222 380,250 153,698 187,447 669,317 222,725 193,009 5,301,648
Voter Turnout 61.0% 59.1% 55.8% 54.9% 57.9% 44.3% 45.6% 55.0%