IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Senegal

Name	Official Name	Type
Senegalese National Assembly	Assemblée Nationale	Assembly

Chief of State: President Macky SALL
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mohammed Abdallah Boun DIONNE
Assembly: Senegal has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 150 seats.

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term.
Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 90 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms and 60 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms. Women must make up 50% of candidates on the party lists.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Senegalese National Assembly	1998-05-24	1,243,274	3,164,827	39.28%
President	2000-02-27	1,696,384	2,725,987	62.23%
Referendum	2001-01-07	1,678,097	2,552,589	65.74%
Senegalese National Assembly	2001-04-29	1,888,911	2,802,253	67.41%
President	2007-02-25	3,472,712	4,917,157	70.62%
Senegalese National Assembly	2007-06-03	1,738,675	5,004,096	34.75%
President	2012-02-26	2,735,135	5,302,349	51.58%
President	2012-03-25	2,915,893	5,301,648	55.0%
Referendum	2016-03-20	2,184,311	5,719,090	38.19%
Senegalese National Assembly	2017-07-02	3,337,494	6,219,446	53.66%
President	2019-02-24	4,426,344	6,683,043	66.23%
Senegalese National Assembly	2022-07-31	3,281,583	7,036,466	46.64%