1988 Senegalese general election

none Senegal 28 February 1988 yes Presidential election presidential 1983 Senegalese general election 1983 1993 Senegalese presidential election 1993 58.77% Abdou Diouf 2008-08-27.jpg Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal 828,301 73.21% Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 291,869 25.80% President Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal yes Parliamentary election 1983 1993 57.87% Socialist Party of Senegal Abdou Diouf 71.34 103 111 Senegalese Democratic Party Abdoulaye Wade 24.74 17 8 General elections were held in Senegal on 28 February 1988 to elect a president and National Assembly. Incumbent president Abdou Diouf defeated three other candidates in the presidential election, whilst in the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 103 of the 120 seats.Elections in Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074737/http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html 2018-08-31 African Elections Database Voter turnout was 58% in the Assembly election and 59% in the presidential election. Public disorder broke out during the election.Kanté Babacar 1994 Senegal's Empty Elections https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/225418 Journal of Democracy 5 1 96–108 1086-32141988-03-01 Emergency Called in Senegal in Unrest Over Vote https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/01/world/emergency-called-in-senegal-in-unrest-over-vote.html The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 President Diouf declared a state of emergency amid riots. Supporters of Wade made accusations that the election was fraudulent. Wade described the results as "ridiculous." Results President Abdou Diouf Socialist Party 828301 Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 291869 Babacar Niang (politician) fr Babacar Niang Babacar Niang Party for the Liberation of the People fr Parti pour la libération du peuple 8449 Landing Savané And-Jëf/Revolutionary Movement for New Democracy 2849 4033 1932265 African Elections Database National Assembly Socialist Party 794559 103 –8 Senegalese Democratic Party 275552 17 +8 Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party 15664 0 0 Party for the Liberation of the People fr Parti pour la libération du peuple 13186 0 New Party of Independence and Labour 9304 0 0 Senegalese Democratic Party – Renewal 5481 0 New 4500 0 1932265 African Elections Database References Senegal Category:Parliamentary elections in Senegal General Category:Presidential elections in Senegal Category:Electoral violence