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Flag of Senegal
  • Country: Senegal
  • Official Name: Republic of Senegal
  • Election Type: Presidential
  • First Round: February 26, 2012
    Second Round: March 25, 2012
Source for election date

At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Senegal

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Abdoulaye WADE
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Soulayemane Ndene NDIAYE
  • Assembly: Senegal has a bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consisting of the Senate (Sénat) with 100 seats and the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
  • In the Senate (Sénat), 35 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms and 65 members are appointed by the president to serve 5-year terms*. In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 60 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 90 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

* The electoral college is composed of deputies and members of local, municipal and regional councils.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 12,643,799 (July 2011 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 5,302,349 (February 2012 est.)

Last Updated on 05/09/2012

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