Elections in Senegal
elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people.
The National Assembly has 150 members, elected for a five-year term, in multi-seat constituencies. Senegal has a multi-party system.
Electoral law
Gender parity
In 2010, as a result of feminist campaigning, Law 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 established "absolute parity" in all institutions that are "partially or totally" electoral. Lists of candidates have to alternate candidates of "the two sexes".In the 2012 parliamentary election, 64 of the 150 seats were won by women candidates and in the 2022 election, 73 of the 165 seats were won by women.