National Assembly of Senegal

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The National Assembly of Senegal (French: Assemblée nationale du Sénégal) is the lower house of the country's parliament.

1 The current National Assembly
2 Previous National Assembly election results
- 2.1 Notes
3 List of National Assembly Presidents
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 29 April 2001, has a total of 120 directly elected members who serve five-year terms.

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**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]

[edit] Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party/Coalition	Election Year
Political Party/Coalition	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

[edit] 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).

[edit] List of National Assembly Presidents

Term	Incumbent
1960 – 1968	Lamine Guèye
1968 – 1983	Amadou Cissé Dia
1983 – 1984	Habib Thiam
1984 – 1988	Daouda Sow
1988 – 1993	Abdoul Aziz Ndaw
1993 – 2001	Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho
2001 – 2002	Youssou Diagne
2002 – 2007	Pape Diop
2007 – present	Macky Sall