1983 Senegalese general election

General elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 1983 to elect a President and National Assembly. Incumbent Abdou Diouf, who had taken office in January 1981 following the resignation of Léopold Sédar Senghor, defeated four other candidates in the presidential election. Members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed-member majoritarian system, with sixty members being chosen by the single-member plurality system and sixty being chosen by closed-list proportional representation.[1] In the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 111 of the 120 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 56.2% in the Assembly election and 56.7% in the presidential election.

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Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Abdou DioufSocialist Party908,87983.45
Abdoulaye WadeSenegalese Democratic Party161,06714.79
Mamadou DiaPeople's Democratic Movement15,1501.39
Oumar WoneSenegalese People's Party2,1460.20
Majhemout DiopAfrican Independence Party1,8330.17
Invalid/blank votes4,169-
Total1,093,244100

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Socialist Party862,71379.94111+29
Senegalese Democratic Party150,78513.978-10
National Democratic Rally29,2712.711New
People's Democratic Movement13,0301.210New
Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party12,0531.120New
Independence and Labor Party5,9100.550New
African Independence Party3,7340.3800
Senegalese People's Party2,1390.200New
Invalid/blank votes4,511---
Total1,083,681100120+20
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References

  1. Senegal 1983 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

Further reading

  • Fatton, Robert (1987). The Making of a Liberal Democracy: Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985. Boulder: L. Rienner. ISBN 1-55587-010-4.
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