Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists 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,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>).
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 lawEdit
Gender parityEdit
In 2010, as a result of feminist campaigning,<ref name="HeinrichBoll_SN_feminism_generations">Template:Cite Q</ref> 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".<ref name="SN_Loi2010_11_28mai2010_parity">Template:Cite Q</ref>
In the 2012 parliamentary election, 64 of the 150 seats<ref name="ONUFemmes_parite_Senegal2012">Template:Cite Q</ref> (43%) were won by women candidates and in the 2022 election, 73 of the 165 seats (44%) were won by women.<ref name="BBC_SN_highest_fraction_women">Template:Cite Q</ref>
Latest electionsEdit
Presidential electionsEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} {{#section-h:2024 Senegalese presidential election|Results}}
Parliamentary electionsEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} {{#section-h:2022 Senegalese parliamentary election|Results}}
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