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- Taking place ahead of the presidential elections in 2024, these elections stand as a decisive test for opposition parties trying to tackle the ruling party’s influence ahead of the presidential election in 2024. Many fear President Macky Sall may seek a third term, violating the constitutional norms laid.
Senegalese voted last Sunday to elect the country’s deputies. Taking place ahead of the presidential elections in 2024, these elections stand as a decisive test for opposition parties trying to tackle the ruling party’s influence ahead of the presidential election in 2024. Many fear President Macky Sall may seek a third term, violating the constitutional norms laid.
About 7 million voters were eligible to exercise the voting rights to elect the 165 deputies in their National Assembly. The political atmosphere has been tense. The candidature of the opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was rejected for this vote. During protests in June, it is reported that three people died due to violence.
In the meantime, Senegal President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition said it has won 30 of the country’s 46 administrative departments, giving it a slim majority parliament following Sunday’s legislative election. Former prime minister Aminata Toure, who led the ruling coalition’s list in the legislative election announced the partial results on national television from the party’s headquarters early on Monday after Sunday’s vote. She, however, did not say how many of the 165 parliamentary seats the party won.
Under Senegal’s hybrid electoral system 97 candidates who win a majority of votes in administrative departments are elected, while 53 from national lists are elected using proportional representation, and 15 are elected by Senegalese living outside the country.
Barthelemy Dias, Mayor of the capital Dakar, and a leader of the main opposition coalition immediately disputed the results announced by Toure. He warned that it was not her duty to announce the results of the election.
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The political backdrop in the country of 17.5 million, considered among West Africa’s most stable democracies, has become increasingly acrimonious, fuelled in part by Sall’s refusal to rule out breaching term limits.
