1983 Senegalese general election

1983 Senegalese general election

27 February 1983
Presidential election
Turnout	56.70%
Candidate Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade Party PS PDS Popular vote 908,879 161,067 Percentage 83.45% 14.79%
President before election Abdou Diouf PS Elected President Abdou Diouf PS
Parliamentary election
Turnout	56.20%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PS Abdou Diouf 79.94 111 +29 PDS Abdoulaye Wade 13.97 8 −10 RND Cheikh Anta Diop 2.71 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 1983 to elect a President and National Assembly. Incumbent Abdou Diouf, who had taken office in January 1981 following the resignation of Léopold Sédar Senghor, defeated four other candidates in the presidential election. Members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed-member majoritarian system, with sixty members being chosen by the single-member plurality system and sixty being chosen by closed-list proportional representation.^[1] In the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 111 of the 120 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 56% in the Assembly election and 57% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdou Diouf	Socialist Party	908,879	83.45
	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	161,067	14.79
	Mamadou Dia	People's Democratic Movement	15,150	1.39
	Oumar Wone	Senegalese People's Party	2,146	0.20
	Majhemout Diop	African Independence Party	1,833	0.17
Total			1,089,075	100.00
Valid votes			1,089,075	99.62
Invalid/blank votes			4,169	0.38
Total votes			1,093,244	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,928,257	56.70
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party	862,713	79.94	111	+29
	Senegalese Democratic Party	150,785	13.97	8	–10
	National Democratic Rally	29,271	2.71	1	New
	People's Democratic Movement	13,030	1.21	0	New
	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	12,053	1.12	0	New
	Party of Independence and Labour	5,910	0.55	0	New
	African Independence Party	3,269	0.30	0	0
	Senegalese People's Party	2,139	0.20	0	New
Total		1,079,170	100.00	120	+20
Valid votes		1,079,170	99.58
Invalid/blank votes		4,511	0.42
Total votes		1,083,681	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,928,257	56.20
Source: African Elections Database

References

1. Senegal 1983 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

Further reading

• Fatton, Robert (1987). The Making of a Liberal Democracy: Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985. Boulder: L. Rienner. ISBN 1-55587-010-4.