Editing Elections in Senegal (section)

===Gender parity===
In 2010, as a result of [[feminism in Senegal|feminist campaigning]],<ref name="HeinrichBoll_SN_feminism_generations">{{cite Q|Q125142417|url-status=live}}</ref> Law 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 established "absolute [[gender parity|parity]]" in all institutions that are "partially or totally" electoral. Lists of candidates have to alternate candidates of "the two sexes".<ref name="SN_Loi2010_11_28mai2010_parity">{{cite Q|Q125145915|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2012 Senegalese parliamentary election|2012 parliamentary election]], 64 of the 150 seats<ref name="ONUFemmes_parite_Senegal2012">{{cite Q|Q125176572|url-status=live}}</ref> (43%) were won by women candidates and in the [[2022 Senegalese parliamentary election|2022 election]], 73 of the 165 seats (44%) were won by women.<ref name="BBC_SN_highest_fraction_women">{{cite Q|Q125176756|url-status=live}}</ref>