National Assembly (Senegal)

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]

National Assembly of Senegal Assemblée nationale du Sénégal
15th National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President of the National Assembly	Malick Ndiaye, PASTEF since 2 December 2024
Prime Minister	Ousmane Sonko, PASTEF since 3 April 2024
Structure
Seats	165
Political groups	Government (130)   PASTEF (130) Opposition (35)   Takku Wallu Sénégal (16)   Jàmm ak Njariñ (7)[a]   Sàmm Sa Kàddu (3)[b]   Andu Nawlé (2)   Farlu (1)   Jël Linu Moom (1)   Kiraay ak Natangue (1)   Sénégaal Kese (1)   Sopi Senegal (1)   And Ci Koolutè (1)   And Beesal Sénégal (1)
Elections
Voting system	Parallel system
First election	31 March 1957
Last election	17 November 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
Place Sweto, Dakar
Website
assemblee-nationale.sn

The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections in November 2024, 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.

Historical National Assembly election results

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

• 2001 Senegalese parliamentary election
• 2007 Senegalese parliamentary election
• 2012 Senegalese parliamentary election
• 2017 Senegalese parliamentary election

Notes

1. The Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the Socialist Party's predecessor.
2. Senegal was a one-party state from 1966 to 1974. Only the Socialist Party fielded candidates in the 1968 and 1973 elections.
3. Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) was a coalition of three political parties - the National Democratic Rally (RND), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), and Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi).

List of National Assembly Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal

See also

• History of Senegal
• Legislative branch
• Senate (Senegal)
• List of presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal

Notes

1. •   NR (6)
   •   PS (1)
2. •   Taxawu Sénégal (1)
   •   PUR (1)
   •   ARC (1)