1993 Senegalese presidential election

1993 Senegalese presidential election

21 February 1993
Turnout	51.46% ( 7.31pp)
Candidate Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade Party PS PDS Popular vote 757,311 415,295 Percentage 58.40% 32.03%
President before election Abdou Diouf PS Elected President Abdou Diouf PS

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 21 February 1993. Incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party defeated seven other candidates, receiving 58% of the vote. Voter turnout was 51%.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdou Diouf	Socialist Party	757,311	58.40
	Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	415,295	32.03
	Landing Savané	And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism	37,787	2.91
	Abdoulaye Bathily	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	31,279	2.41
	Iba Der Thiam	Convention of Democrats and Patriots	20,840	1.61
	Madior Diouf	National Democratic Rally	12,635	0.97
	Mamadou Lô	Independent	11,058	0.85
	Babacar Niang	Party for the Liberation of the People	10,450	0.81
Total			1,296,655	100.00
Valid votes			1,296,655	98.82
Invalid/blank votes			15,499	1.18
Total votes			1,312,154	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,549,699	51.46
Source: African Elections Database

Further reading

• Villalón, Leonardo A. (1994). "Democratizing a (Quasi) Democracy: The Senegalese Elections of 1993". African Affairs. 93 (371): 163–193. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098706. JSTOR 723839.