2024 Senegalese parliamentary election

2024 Senegalese parliamentary election

17 November 2024
All 165 seats in the National Assembly 83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.72% ( 3.12pp)
Party Leader Seats PASTEF Ousmane Sonko 131 Takku Wallu Sénégal Macky Sall 16 Jàmm ak Njariñ Amadou Ba 7 Sàmm Sa Kàddu Barthélémy Dias 3 Andu Nawlé Maguette Séne 2 And Beesal Sénégal Abdoulaye Sylla 1 And Ci Koolute Abdoul Karim Sall 1 Naataange Ousmane Kane 1 The Nationalists Tahirou Sarr 1 Sénégaal Kese Thierno Alassane Sall 1 Sopi Senegal Tafsir Thioye 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the National Assembly before Amadou Mame Diop APR

Snap parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 17 November 2024 following the early dissolution of the National Assembly by president Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

Background

On 12 September 2024, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the National Assembly and ordered snap elections for the chamber on 17 November. Faye, who took office on 2 April, and his prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, had previously been in conflict with the opposition-controlled legislature and accused the latter of blocking his proposed reforms and budget.

Electoral system

The 165 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 112 are elected by either first-past-the-post or party bloc vote in single- or multi-member constituencies based on the 46 departments (15 seats are elected by overseas diaspora voters). The other 53 seats are elected from a nationwide constituency by proportional representation, with seats allocated initially using the simple quotient, with remaining seats allocated using the largest remainder method.

Parties

Below is a list of the main parties and coalitions fielding lists in the election.

An "inter-coalition" was formed in some departments between Takku Wallu Sénégal, Sàmm Sa Kàddu and Jàmm ak Njariñ.

Coalition		Party		Abbr.	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Lead candidate
—			African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity	PASTEF	Left-wing populism	Left-wing	Ousmane Sonko
	Takku Wallu Sénégal Unite to Save Senegal		Alliance for the Republic	APR	Liberalism	Centre	Macky Sall	Macky Sall
			Senegalese Democratic Party	PDS			Abdoulaye Wade
			Rewmi				Idrissa Seck
			Bokk Gis Gis				Pape Diop
			Union of Centrists of Senegal	UCS			Abdoulaye Baldé
	Sàmm Sa Kàddu Protecting Your Word		Taxawu Sénégal	TS	Liberalism	Centre	Khalifa Sall	Barthélémy Dias
			Party for Unity and Rally	PUR	Islamic democracy	Right-wing	Serigne Moustapha Sy
			Alternative for Citizen Succession	ARC	Progressivism	Centre-left	Anta Babacar Ngom
			The Servants / MPR		Liberalism	Centre	Pape Djibril Fall
			Generational Alliance for the Interests of the Republic	AGIR	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Thierno Bocoum
			Gueum Sa Bopp		Liberalism	Centre	Bougane Gueye Dany
	Jàmm ak Njariñ Peace and Prosperity		New Responsibility	NR	Social democracy	Centre-left	Amadou Ba	Amadou Ba
			Socialist Party of Senegal	PS			Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
			Alliance of the Forces of Progress	AFP			Moustapha Niasse
			Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	LD/MPT	Socialism	Left-wing	Mamadou Ndoye
			Party of Independence and Labour	PIT			Vacant

Conduct

Several incidents of violence were reported during the election. On 28 October 2024, unidentified persons attacked the headquarters of an opposition party in Dakar and started a fire. On 30 October, Sonko and Faye's party PASTEF said that Sonko's convoy was pelted with stones during a campaign sortie in Koungheul, injuring former minister Malick Gakou, who is the concurrent leader of an allied party. In response, opposition MP Fanta Sall said that armed “strongmen” acting on behalf of PASTEF had attacked opposition activists. On 12 November, Sonko tweeted that attacks against PASTEF supporters would lead to them exercising a "legitimate right to respond", but later retracted his statement and urged calm in a speech later that day.

Polling began at 08:00 and ended at 18:00.

Results and aftermath

According to provisional results, PASTEF won in a large majority of polling stations, leading to them winning 131 of the 165 seats in the National Assembly. PASTEF won the vote in 40 of the country's 46 departments and in seven of Senegal's eight diaspora constituencies. Following the result, Amadou Ba and Barthélémy Dias, who led separate opposition coalitions, conceded defeat. Takku Wallu Sénégal leader and former president Macky Sall accused PASTEF of organising "massive fraud", but later conceded defeat.

Party or alliance		Votes	%	Seats
				National	Departmental	Total
	Patriots of Senegal					131
	Takku Wallu Sénégal					16
	Jàmm ak Njariñ					7
	Sàmm Sa Kàddu					3
	The March of the Territories / Andu Nawle					2
	And Beesal Sénégal					1
	And Ci Koolute Nguir Senegal					1
	Reincarnation of Values / Naataange					1
	The Nationalists / Jël Linu Moom					1
	Sénégaal Kese					1
	Sopi Senegal					1
Total				–	–	165
Registered voters/turnout		7,371,890	–
Source: Vie Publique (projection)