At stake in this election:

• 150 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Abdoulaye WADE *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Macky SALL
• Assembly: Senegal has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 120 seats.

* The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term which is renewable once.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 55 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 65 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** The size of the National Assembly will increase to 150 members in this election when 60 members are elected from a national list and 90 from departmental lists.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Coalition for Change 2007 / Coalition Sopi 2007
  • Leader: Macky SALL (PDS)
  • Seats won in this election: 131
  • Seats won in last election: 89
• Coalition: Up to rebuild Senegal / Coalition Takku Défaraat Sénégal
  • Leader: Robert SAGNA
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Coalition: Unite in Building Senegal Coalition / Coalition And Défar Sénégal
  • Leader: Landing SAVANE
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Coalition: The Call of Duty Coalition / Coalition Waar Wi
  • Leader: Modou Diagne FADA
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Convergence for Renewal and Citizenship / La Convergence pour le Renouveau et la Citoyenneté (CRC)
  • Leader: Aliou DIA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Social Democrat Party -The Sun / Parti social-démocrate - Jant Bi (PSD-JB)
  • Leader: Mamour CISSE
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Coalition: 'Reap What You Sow' Alliance / Alliance Jëf Jël
  • Leader: Talla SYLLA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Senegalese Rally of the Greens / Rassemblement des écologistes du Sénégal - les Verts (RES)
  • Leader: Ousmane Sow HUCHARD
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Reform Movement for Social Development / Mouvement de la réforme pour le développement social (MRDS)
  • Leader: Mbaye NIANG
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 0