2000 Senegalese presidential election

none August 2023 Senegal presidential 27 February 2000 (first round)19 March 2000 (second round) 1993 Senegalese presidential election 1993 2007 Senegalese presidential election 2007 62.23% (first round) 10.77pp 60.75% (second round) Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 969,332 58.49% Abdou Diouf 2008-08-27.jpg Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal 687,969 41.51% 2000 Senegalese presidential election.svg First round results by regionWade: #6795cb 40-50%    Diouf: #33ff3d 40-50% #00eb0c 50-60% President Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 2000, with a second round taking place on 19 March after no candidate won over 50% of votes in the first round. Although incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by long-term opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party in the second round,Elections in Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074737/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html 31 August 2018 African Elections Database marking the first time that the Socialist Party and its predecessors had lost power since independence. Voter turnout was 62% in the first round and 61% in the second. Results Abdou Diouf Socialist Party 690917 687969 Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 518740 969332 Moustapha Niasse Alliance of the Forces of Progress 280538 Djibo Leïty Kâ Union for Democratic Renewal 118484 Iba Der Thiam Convention of Democrats and Patriots 20164 Ousseynou Fall Republican Party of Senegal fr Parti républicain sénégalais 18604 Cheikh Abdoulaye Dièye Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël 16211 Mademba Sock Rally of African Labourers–Senegal fr Rassemblement des travailleurs africains - Sénégal 9326 23400 10474 2725987 2745239 African Elections Database, CC (first round), (second round) References Further reading 10.1353/jod.2001.0047 Galvan Dennis Charles Political Turnover and Social Change in Senegal Journal of Democracy 12 3 2001 51–62 155083589 Democracy in Senegal: Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa Sheldon Gellar New York Palgrave Macmillan 2005 1-4039-7026-2 Senegal Category:Presidential elections in Senegal Presidential