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The National Assembly building in Dakar, Senegal
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The National Assembly of Senegal (French: Assemblée nationale du Sénégal) is the lower house of Senegal's parliament.
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The current National Assembly
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 29 April 2001, has a total of 150 elected members who serve five-year terms. The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system. Ninety 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). The remaining 60 seats are filled proportionally based on the national distribution of votes. Voters have a single ballot and vote for the party list. This single ballot is applied to both the majoritarian and proportional vote counts
Summary of the 3 June 2007 National Assembly of Senegal election results Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats +/– Coalition for Change 2007 (Sopi 2007) 1,190,609 69.21 131 Coalition Up to Rebuild Senegal (Takku Defaraat Sénégal) 86,621 5.04 3 Coalition Unite in Building Senegal (And Defaar Sénégal) 84,998 4.94 3 Coalition Call of Duty (Waar Wi) 74,919 4.35 3 Rally for the People (Rassemblement pour le peuple) 73,083 4.25 2 Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël (Front pour le socialisme et la démocratie) 37,427 2.18 1 Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël (Alliance pour le progrès et la justice) 33,297 1.94 1 Convergence for Renewal and Citizenship (Convergence pour le renouveau et la citoyenneté) 30,658 1.78 1 Authentic Socialist Party (Parti socialiste authentique) 26,320 1.53 1 National Patriotic Union/Tekki (Union nationale patriotique) 22,271 1.29 1 Reform Movement for Social Development (Mouvement de la réforme pour le développement social) 20,041 1.16 1 Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal (Rassemblement des écologistes du Sénégal – Les Verts) 17,267 1.00 1 Social Democratic Party/Jant Bi (Parti social-démocrate) 15,968 0.93 1 Senegalese Patriotic Rally/Jammi Rewmi (Rassemblement patriotique sénégalais) 6,847 0.40 0 Total (turnout 34.75%) 1,720,326 100.0 150[1] Previous National Assembly election results
Political Party/Coalition Election Year 1963 1968(1) 1973(1) 1978 1983 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
- The Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the Socialist Party's predecessor.
- Senegal was a one party state from 1966 to 1974. Only the Socialist Party fielded candidates in the 1968 and 1973 elections.
- 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
President Began Ended Political Party Lamine Guèye 1960 1968 Amadou Cissé Dia 1968 1983 Habib Thiam 1983 1984 Daouda Sow 12 April 1984 1988 Abdoul Aziz Ndaw 1988 1993 Socialist Party of Senegal Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho 1993 2001 Socialist Party of Senegal Youssou Diagne 2001 12 June 2002 Pape Diop June 2002 June 2007 Senegalese Democratic Party Macky Sall 20 June 2007 9 November 2008 Senegalese Democratic Party Mamadou Seck 16 November 2008 present Senegalese Democratic Party See also
- History of Senegal
- Legislative branch
- List of national legislatures
- List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal
References
- ^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), March 11, 2007 (French).
External links
Categories:- Politics of Senegal
- National lower houses
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