National Assembly (Senegal)

National Assembly of Senegal

Assemblée nationale du Sénégal
Currently dissolved
Most recent: 5th National Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Amadou Mame Diop, AFP
since 12 September 2022
Structure
Seats165
Political groups
Government (56)
  •   Liberate the People (56)

Opposition (109)

Elections
Parallel system
First election
31 March 1957
Last election
31 July 2022
Next election
17 November 2024
Meeting place
Place Sweto, Dakar
Website
assemblee-nationale.sn
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The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is the unicameral legislature of Senegal. The Assembly was previously part of a bicameral legislature from 1999 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2012, with the indirectly elected Senate being the upper house. The Senate was abolished for a second time in September 2012.[1][2][3][4]

The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections in July 2022, comprises 165 elected members who serve five-year terms. The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system; 90 deputies are elected in 35 single and multi-member districts (departments) by simple majority (plurality) party block vote (PBV, winning party list takes all seats in the district) and 60 seats are filled proportionally based on the national distribution of votes. There are also 15 seats for overseas voters. Voters have a single ballot and vote for the party list. This single ballot is applied to both the majoritarian and proportional vote counts.

Historical National Assembly election results

Political Party/Coalition Election Year
1963 1968(1) 1973(1) 1978 1973 1988 1993 1998
Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS)
(note 2) 		80 - - - - - - -
Socialist Party of Senegal (PS) - 80 100 83 111 103 84 93
Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) - - - 17 08 17 27 23
National Democratic Rally (RND) - - - - 01 - - 01
Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) - - - - - - 03 03
Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) (note 3) - - - - - - 03 -
Party of Independence and Work (PIT) - - - - - - 02 01
Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal (UDS-R) - - - - - - 01 01
Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) - - - - - - - 11
And-Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS) - - - - - - - 04
Convention of Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi) - - - - - - - 01
Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël (FSD-BJ) - - - - - - - 01
Gaïndé Centrist Bloc (BGC) - - - - - - - 01
Total 80 80 100 100 120 120 120 140

Notes

  1. The Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the Socialist Party's predecessor.
  2. Senegal was a one-party state from 1966 to 1974. Only the Socialist Party fielded candidates in the 1968 and 1973 elections.
  3. Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) was a coalition of three political parties - the National Democratic Rally (RND), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), and Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi).

List of National Assembly Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal

See also


References

  1. ^ "Senegal Senate abolished to pay for floods". BBC News Africa. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ^ Soares, Ursula (19 September 2012). "Les économies liées à la suppression du Sénat financeront les victimes des inondations". RFI (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ Sud Quotidien (20 September 2012). "Les parlementaires approuvent la suppression du Sénat". Courrier International (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Conseil des ministres du 30 août 2012" (in French). Government of Senegal. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

Further reading


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