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National Assembly of Senegal
Assemblée nationale du Sénégal
5th National Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
President of the National Assembly
Amadou Mame Diop, AFP
Since 12 September 2022
Structure
Seats 165
XIVe législature Sénégal.svg
Political groups
  •      United in Hope (81)
  •      Liberate the People (56)
  •      Wallu Sénégal (24)
  •      Bokk Gis Gis (1)
  •      The Servants / MPR (1)
  •      Alternative for a Rupture Assembly (1)
  •      Independent (1)
Elections
Parallel system
Last election
31 July 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
National assembly (Dakar, Senegal).jpg
Place Sweto, Dakar
Website
assemblee-nationale.sn


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.

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
  • 2001 Senegalese parliamentary election
  • 2007 Senegalese parliamentary election
  • 2012 Senegalese parliamentary election
  • 2017 Senegalese parliamentary election

List of National Assembly Presidents

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Senegal para niños

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