| National Assembly of Senegal | |
| Native Name: | Assemblée nationale du Sénégal |
| Legislature: | 5th National Assembly |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of arms of Senegal.svg |
| Coa Res: | 150px |
| Session Room: | National assembly (Dakar, Senegal).jpg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Leader2 Type: | President of the National Assembly |
| Leader2: | Amadou Mame Diop |
| Party2: | AFP |
| Election2: | 12 September 2022 |
| Members: | 165 |
| First Election1: | 31 March 1957 |
| Last Election1: | 31 July 2022 |
| Structure1: | XIVe législature Sénégal.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (56) Opposition (109)
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| Voting System1: | Parallel system |
| Meeting Place: | Place Sweto, Dakar |
| Next Election1: | 2027 |
| Website: | assemblee-nationale.sn |
The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is the unicameral legislature of Senegal. The Assembly was previously part of a bicameral legislature from 1999 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2012, with the indirectly elected Senate being the upper house. The Senate was abolished for a second time in September 2012.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The current National Assembly, formed following elections in July 2022, comprises 165 elected members who serve five-year terms. The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system; 90 deputies are elected in 35 single and multi-member districts (departments) by simple majority (plurality) party block vote (PBV, winning party list takes all seats in the district) and 60 seats are filled proportionally based on the national distribution of votes. There are also 15 seats for overseas voters. Voters have a single ballot and vote for the party list. This single ballot is applied to both the majoritarian and proportional vote counts.
| Political Party/Coalition | Election Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1968(1) | 1973(1) | 1978 | 1973 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | |
| Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) (note 2) | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Socialist Party of Senegal (PS) | - | 80 | 100 | 83 | 111 | 103 | 84 | 93 |
| Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) | - | - | - | 17 | 08 | 17 | 27 | 23 |
| National Democratic Rally (RND) | - | - | - | - | 01 | - | - | 01 |
| Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 03 | 03 |
| Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) (note 3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 03 | - |
| Party of Independence and Work (PIT) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 02 | 01 |
| Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal (UDS-R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 01 | 01 |
| Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| And-Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 04 |
| Convention of Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 01 |
| Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël (FSD-BJ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 01 |
| Gaïndé Centrist Bloc (BGC) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 01 |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 140 |
See main article: article and List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal.