1978 Senegalese general election explained
| Country: | Senegal |
| Election Date: | 26 February 1978 |
| Previous Election: | 1973 Senegalese general election |
| Previous Year: | 1973 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Senegalese general election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Turnout: | 63.12% | | Image1: | UNESCO_History,_Visite_de_S._Exc._M._Léopold_Sedar_Senghor,_Président_de_la_République_du_Sénégal_-_UNESCO_-_PHOTO0000002688_0001_(cropped).tiff | | Candidate1: | Léopold Sédar Senghor | | Party1: | Socialist Party of Senegal | | Popular Vote1: | 807,515 | | Percentage1: | 82.20% | | Candidate2: | Abdoulaye Wade | | Party2: | Senegalese Democratic Party | | Popular Vote2: | 174,817 | | Percentage2: | 17.80% | | President | | Before Election: | Léopold Sédar Senghor | | Before Party: | Socialist Party of Senegal | | After Election: | Léopold Sédar Senghor | | After Party: | Socialist Party of Senegal | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Parliamentary election | | Turnout: | 62.64% | | Party1: | Socialist Party of Senegal | | Percentage1: | 81.74 | | Seats1: | 82 | | Last Election1: | 100 | | Party2: | Senegalese Democratic Party | | Percentage2: | 17.88 | | Seats2: | 18 | | Last Election2: | New |
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General elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 1978 to elect a President and National Assembly. Following a constitutional amendment in 1976,[1] the elections were open to more than one party for the first time since 1963. President Léopold Sédar Senghor of the Socialist Party (formerly the Senegalese Progressive Union) was challenged by Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party, but won with 82% of the vote.[2] Members of the National Assembly were elected by closed-list proportional representation. In the National Assembly election, the Socialist Party won 82 of the 100 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 63% in the presidential election and 63% in the parliamentary election.[3]
Results
National Assembly
Further reading
- Book: Fatton, Robert . The Making of a Liberal Democracy: Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985 . Boulder . L. Rienner . 1987 . 1-55587-010-4 .
Notes and References
- http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SENEGAL_1978_E.PDF Senegal
- http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html Elections in Senegal
- [Dieter Nohlen]
