SENEGAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Senegal, officially known as the
Republic of Senegal is a Francophone West African country bordered by
Mauritania in the North, Mali to the East, Guinea to the Southeast,
Guinea-Bissau to the South West. Senegal surrounds The Gambia which indicates
its geographic size.
Dakar is the economic and political capital of Senegal
with a current country population of 17 million people and became an independent state in August 1960 after gaining a Republican status in
November 1958.
The legislative body of Senegal is the National Assembly
which is unicameral and composed of 165 members who are directly elected to
serve a 5-year term of office with 69 (41.82%) current women population in the
house.
Senegal uses the mixed system of voting to elect members
to Assembly, this is the Party Block Vote (PBV) where 105 members are elected
from constituencies and the List Proportional Representation (List PR) system
where 60 members are chosen from lists of candidates presented by parties,
coalitions of parties and independent persons at the national level.
Vacancies that arise between general elections in the
National assembly are normally filled by the “next-in-line” candidate
on the list of the same party, a coalition of parties, or independent persons
which held the seats in question. By-elections are only held within three
months should there remain no more names of potential members on the list
concerned. Only Senegalese citizens who are 18 years and above are required to
vote and electors must be 25 years and above before they can contest for the
membership of the National Assembly.
Holders of non-elective public functions, members of the
Economic and Social Council, and members of the armed or police forces on
active duty are incompatibles.
The number of parties who contested for seats in the
National Assembly elections was 47, out of which only 14 parties won some
seats. The major 3 parties with the highest number of seats include; Benno Bokk
Yaakaar, Winning Coalition – “Wattu Senegal” and “Mankoo Taxawu Senegal” Coalitionrespectively.
Source: https://data.ipu.org/content/senegal?chamber_id=13522
Official
Website: http://www.assemblee-nationale.sn/