Editing Elections in Senegal

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{{Politics of Senegal}}
[[Senegal]] elects on the national level a [[head of state]] – the [[President (government title)|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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> though incumbent president [[Macky Sall]] has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms<ref>{{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}}</ref>). 

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

==Electoral law==
===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>

==Latest elections==
===Presidential elections===
{{main|2024 Senegalese presidential election}}
{{#section-h:2024 Senegalese presidential election|Results}}
===Parliamentary elections===
{{main|2022 Senegalese parliamentary election}}
{{#section-h:2022 Senegalese parliamentary election|Results}}

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Senegal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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