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Senegal elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature.The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people (between 2001 and 2008, it was a five-year term; this was changed back to the pre-2001 seven-year term in 2008, [1] though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms [2]).
The Senegalese Constitution provides the following oath for the president which must be taken before they enter into office: "I swear, before God and the people of Senegal, to faithfully execute the office of president of the republic of Senegal, to keep the provisions of the Constitution and laws and to ensure their observance, to devote all my strength to defending constitutional ...
Faye was elected president after an election campaign that was marred by an attempt by the government to postpone the election, which was ultimately held on 24 March. Faye received over 54% of the vote, [25] making him the first opposition candidate to have won an election in the first round since Senegal's independence in 1960. [26]
Senegal's little-known opposition figure who was elected president this week in a tightly contested race won over 54% of the votes, according to results released on Wednesday. The presidential ...
The election is set to be the nation’s fourth democratic transfer of power since it gained independence from France in 1960. Despite Senegal's record, the electoral process over the past year ...
Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. The election will take place after ...
Outgoing president Macky Sall also congratulated Faye, hailing "a victory for Senegalese democracy". [99] [100] Faye's victory is the first instance that an opposition candidate won an election in the first round since Senegal's independence in 1960. [94] Faye was officially inaugurated as president on 2 April. [101]
General elections were held in Senegal on 1 December 1963. It was the first time the president had been directly elected. However, incumbent Léopold Sédar Senghor of the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.