Elections in Senegal

Senegal elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature.

The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 150 members, elected for a five-year term, in multi-seat constituencies.

In 2010, as a result of feminist campaigning,[3] Law 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 established "absolute parity" in all institutions that are "partially or totally" electoral.

[4] In the 2012 parliamentary election, 64 of the 150 seats[5] (43%) were won by women candidates and in the 2022 election, 73 of the 165 seats (44%) were won by women.

[8] Women won 64 of the 165 seats, in line with the requirement of the 2010 gender parity law on Senegalese elections.