1983 Senegalese general election

none Senegal 27 February 1983 1978 Senegalese general election 1978 1988 Senegalese general election 1988 yes Presidential election 56.70% Abdou Diouf 2008-08-27.jpg Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal 908,879 83.45% Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 161,067 14.79% President Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal Abdou Diouf Socialist Party of Senegal yes Parliamentary election 56.20% Socialist Party of Senegal Abdou Diouf 79.94 111 82 Senegalese Democratic Party Abdoulaye Wade 13.97 8 18 RND Cheikh Anta Diop 2.71 1 New General elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 1983 to elect a President and National Assembly. Incumbent Abdou Diouf, who had taken office in January 1981 following the resignation of Léopold Sédar Senghor, defeated four other candidates in the presidential election. Members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed-member majoritarian system, with sixty members being chosen by the single-member plurality system and sixty being chosen by closed-list proportional representation.Senegal 1983 Inter-Parliamentary Union In the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 111 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 56% in the Assembly election and 57% in the presidential election. Results President Abdou Diouf Socialist Party 908879 Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Democratic Party 161067 Mamadou Dia People's Democratic Movement 15150 Oumar Wone Senegalese People's Party 2146 Majhemout Diop African Independence Party 1833 4169 1928257 African Elections Database National Assembly Socialist Party 862713 111 +29 Senegalese Democratic Party 150785 8 –10 National Democratic Rally 29271 1 New People's Democratic Movement 13030 0 New Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party 12053 0 New Party of Independence and Labour 5910 0 New African Independence Party 3269 0 0 Senegalese People's Party 2139 0 New 4511 1928257 +20 African Elections Database References Further reading Fatton Robert The Making of a Liberal Democracy: Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985 Boulder L. Rienner 1987 1-55587-010-4 Senegal Category:Parliamentary elections in Senegal General Category:Presidential elections in Senegal