2007 Senegalese presidential election

none August 2023 Senegal presidential 25 February 2007 2000 Senegalese presidential election 2000 2012 Senegalese presidential election 2012 70.62% ( 9.87 pp) Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 1,914,403 55.90% Idrissa Seck 2006-12-22.JPG Idrissa Seck Rewmi 510,922 14.92% Tanor Dieng.JPG Ousmane Tanor Dieng Socialist Party of Senegal 464,287 13.56% Moustapha Niasse 2009.jpg Moustapha Niasse Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal) 203,129 5.93% President Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 25 February 2007. Incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade was re-elected in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.Diadie Ba, "Senegal's Wade re-elected, warns opposition" https://web.archive.org/web/20071001010436/http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=300733&area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__africa%2F 2007-10-01 , Reuters (Mail & Guardian Online), 2 March 2007."Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel" https://web.archive.org/web/20070520234508/http://www.seneweb.com/news/elections2007/article.php?artid=9107 20 May 2007 , Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), 11 March 2007 fr. Background Wade announced the date for the election on 13 April 2006."Senegal elections set for 25 February 2007" https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203635/http://www.liberal-international.org/newsletter.asp?ia_id=1284 3 March 2016 , Liberal International, Issue 35. The election campaign officially began on 4 February 2007. Soldiers voted early on 17 February and 18 February; this was the first time in the country's history that soldiers were allowed to vote."Military and paramilitary voting ends in Senegal"April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 18 February 2007. Had a run-off been necessary, it would have been held on 18 March 2007."Senegalese to vote for president in Sunday polls" https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131323/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/news/article_1267777.php/Preview_Senegalese_to_vote_for_president_in_Sunday_polls 2007-09-29 , DPA, 22 February 2007. A parliamentary election was initially intended to be held on 25 February as well, but it was delayed to 3 June 2007.https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/senegal-hopes-for-elections-in-june-311569 live 10 June 2023 Senegal hopes for elections in June Independent Online Sapa-AFP (African Press Agency) 19 January 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20230610094419/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/senegal-hopes-for-elections-in-june-311569 10 June 2023 Candidates 15 candidates ran for President, including Wade."La 1ère journée de campagne électorale peu animée au Sénégal"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 4 February 2007 fr. Wade was nominated as the presidential candidate of his party, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), on 15 October 2006."Wade nominated for February 2007 presidential elections" https://web.archive.org/web/20071222063957/http://www.apanews.net/spip.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=12903 2007-12-22 , African Press Agency, 16 October 2006. Idrissa Seck, a former Prime Minister who was once considered Wade's protégé, also ran. Seck announced his candidacy for President in April 2006; he had been arrested in 2005 on charges of embezzlement and threatening state security but never faced a trial and was eventually released in February 2006."President’s onetime protégé to run for election", IRIN, 5 April 2006.https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/seck-will-challenge-wade-in-senegal-election-272076 live 10 June 2023 Seck will challenge Wade in Senegal election 5 April 2006 Independent Online Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20230610095115/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/seck-will-challenge-wade-in-senegal-election-272076 10 June 2023 On January 22, 2007, Wade said that Seck had agreed to return to the ruling PDS;Wade makes peace with former prime minister Independent Online Reuters 23 January 2007 https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/wade-makes-peace-with-former-prime-minister-311978 live 10 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230610095453/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/wade-makes-peace-with-former-prime-minister-311978 10 June 2023 Seck subsequently confirmed this, but said that he would remain a presidential candidate. If he had withdrawn his candidacy, the law would have required that the election be delayed,"Former Senegalese Premier returns to ruling party, but insists on presidency"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 1 February 2007. but shortly afterwards the National Assembly voted to change the law so that a delay would not be necessary in the event of a candidate's withdrawal."Senegalese MPs remove electoral article from constitution"April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 8 February 2007. Ousmane Tanor Dieng ran as the candidate of the former ruling Socialist Party (PS)."Ousmane Tanor Dieng teste pour la première fois sa représentativité électorale"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 4 February 2007 fr. Former Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse ran as the candidate of a coalition of opposition parties, including his own Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP)."Senegalese opposition leader heads new coalition"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 22 December 2006. Other candidates included Abdoulaye Bathily of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (LD/MPT),"Abdoulaye Bathily, un ancien allié de Wade à l’assaut du pouvoir"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 5 February 2007 fr. Landing Savané, a Minister of State and the Secretary-General of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ/PADS),"Un allié de Me Wade candidat à la présidentielle de février 2007"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 13 November 2006 fr. Ziguinchor Mayor Robert Sagna,"Robert Sagna running for presidency in Senegal"April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 6 February 2007. and former ambassador Modou Dia."L’ancien ambassadeur Modou Dia veut faire décoller le Sénégal à l’horizon 2017"April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 4 February 2007 fr. Campaign Wade faced criticism over a variety of issues, including unemployment and the continuing Casamance conflict, as well as alleged corruption and the delays of the parliamentary election. Major construction projects undertaken by Wade split opinion in the country. Wade's campaign called for the people to give him a majority of the vote in the first round, but it was widely expected that a second round would be necessary, and Wade's opponents denied the possibility that he could legitimately win a first-round majority. Many politicians who had backed Wade in 2000 had since turned against him, which could be viewed as making it improbable that Wade would do as well in 2007; on the other hand, it has been pointed out that Senegal's demographics, with a high proportion of young people in the electorate, could make it difficult to compare the two elections."Senegal surprises itself at the ballot box", Angus Reid Global Monitor, 5 March 2007. Results Shortly after the election was held, Prime Minister Macky Sall, who was also Wade's campaign manager, said that Wade had won the election in the first round with about 57% of the vote, based on initial results."Wade’s side claims victory in first round of Senegalese presidential poll"May 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , African Press Agency, 26 February 2007. According to results announced on 1 March, Wade won about 1.9 million votes, about 55.9% of the total. Seck was in second place with 14.9% of the vote and Tanor Dieng was in third place with 13.6%. Voter turnout was said to be 70.5%. Wade won the most votes in 32 out of 34 of the country's departments, including a majority in 28 of them. Seck won the department of Thiès and Niasse won the department of Nioro."Abdoulaye Wade passe au premier tour avec 55,07 %, selon des chiffres provisoires", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), 1 March 2007 fr. Abdoulaye Bathily's campaign rejected the results and alleged that there were flaws in the voting, saying that a person could be registered more than once, and that the ink used in voting, which was supposed to be indelible, could be washed off. Ousmane Tanor Dieng's spokesperson also rejected the results,https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/dieng-challenges-election-results-in-senegal-316927 Dieng challenges election results in Senegal Reuters Independent Online 28 February 2007 10 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20170914112730/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/dieng-challenges-election-results-in-senegal-316927 14 September 2017 and on 5 March Dieng filed a Constitutional Court appeal regarding alleged lack of transparency and irregularities."Loser claims fraud in Senegal polls", Al Jazeera, 5 March 2007. Final results from the Constitutional Council on 11 March gave Wade 55.90%, Seck 14.92%, and Dieng 13.56%. The Council rejected appeals from Dieng and Bathily. Wade was sworn in on 3 April at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, with many African leaders and about 60,000 spectators in attendance.Wade sworn in for second term https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/wade-sworn-in-for-second-term-321635 10 June 2023 Sapa-AFP Independent Online 4 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20230610092050/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/wade-sworn-in-for-second-term-321635 10 June 2023 Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 1914403 Idrissa Seck Rewmi 510922 Ousmane Tanor Dieng Socialist Party 464287 Moustapha Niasse Alliance of the Forces of Progress 203129 Robert Sagna Takku Defaraat Sénégal 88446 Abdoulaye Bathily Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party 75797 Landing Savané And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism 70780 Talla Sylla Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël 18022 Cheikh Bamba Dièye Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël 17233 Mamadou Lamine Diallo fr Tekki Taaru Sénégal 16570 Mama Adama Guèye Independent 13700 Doudou Ndoye Union for the Republic (Senegal) fr Union pour la République (Sénégal) Union for the Republic 9918 Alioune Mbaye Independent 9016 Louis Jacques Senghor Liberal Movement for the Senegalese People fr Mouvement libéral pour le peuple sénégalais 8212 Modou Dia Independent 4491 47786 4917157 Direction Générale des Élections References Category:Presidential elections in Senegal Senegal Presidential Category:February 2007 elections Category:February 2007 in Africa