Senegalese Presidential Election 2019 Voting Live
Africa January 23, 2019,
Senegalese Presidential Election 2019 Results Voting Live
Senegalese Presidential Election Dates 2019
Senegalese Presidential Election Date: 24 Feb 2019
Senegal elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people (between 2001 and 2008, it was a five-year term; this was changed back to the pre-2001 seven-year term in 2008, though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms.
Presidential elections will be held in Senegal on 24 February 2019. Ahead of the election, in January 2019, two opposition leaders Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade were barred from participating because of convictions for misuse of public funds. The country's Constitutional Court has preliminarily authorized five candidates, including incumbent president Macky Sall.
Senegalese Presidential Election Voting Live 2019
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3. Macky Sall, Senegal’s president, will probably win a second term.
4. 2019: Africa heads into an election year.
5. Opposition leaders Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade barred from Senegal's presidential race.
The electoral system of Senegal
The President of Senegal is elected using the two-round system; a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote to be elected in the first round. If no candidate crosses the threshold, a second round will be held with the top two candidates.
Senegal Parties and leaders
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Senegal past election results
Candidate | Party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Macky Sall | Alliance for the Republic | 719,367 | 26.58 | 1,909,244 | 65.80 |
Abdoulaye Wade | Senegalese Democratic Party | 942,327 | 34.81 | 992,556 | 34.20 |
Moustapha Niasse | Alliance of the Forces of Progress/United to Boost Senegal | 357,330 | 13.20 | ||
Ousmane Tanor Dieng | Socialist Party of Senegal | 305,924 | 11.30 | ||
Idrissa Seck | Rewmi | 212,853 | 7.86 | ||
Cheikh Bamba Dièye | Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël | 52,196 | 1.93 | ||
Ibrahima Fall | Independent | 48,972 | 1.81 | ||
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio | Citizen Political Movement | 26,655 | 0.98 | ||
Mor Dieng | Party of Hope | 11,402 | 0.42 | ||
Djibril Ngom | Independent | 10,207 | 0.38 | ||
Oumar Khassimou Dia | Humanist Party Ñaxx Jariñu | 6,469 | 0.24 | ||
Amsatou Sow Sidibé | Convergence Movement of Actors for the Defence of Republican Values–Lennen | 5,167 | 0.19 | ||
Doudou Ndoye | Union for the Republic | 4,566 | 0.17 | ||
Diouma Dieng Diakhaté | Jogal Democratic Initiative Party | 3,354 | 0.12 | ||
Valid votes | 2,706,789 | 100.00 | 2,901,800 | 100.00 | |
Invalid votes | 28,346 | 1.04 | 14,093 | 0.48 | |
Total votes (turnout: 51.6%/55.0%) | 2,735,135 | 100.00 | 2,915,893 | 100.00 |