1983 Senegalese general election

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.[1] In the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 111 of the 120 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 56.2% in the Assembly election and 56.7% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Abdou Diouf	Socialist Party	908,879	83.45
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	161,067	14.79
Mamadou Dia	People's Democratic Movement	15,150	1.39
Oumar Wone	Senegalese People's Party	2,146	0.20
Majhemout Diop	African Independence Party	1,833	0.17
Invalid/blank votes		4,169	-
Total		1,093,244	100

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Socialist Party	862,713	79.94	111	+29
Senegalese Democratic Party	150,785	13.97	8	-10
National Democratic Rally	29,271	2.71	1	New
People's Democratic Movement	13,030	1.21	0	New
Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	12,053	1.12	0	New
Independence and Labor Party	5,910	0.55	0	New
African Independence Party	3,734	0.38	0	0
Senegalese People's Party	2,139	0.20	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	4,511	-	-	-
Total	1,083,681	100	120	+20

References

1. Senegal 1983 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

Further reading

• Fatton, Robert (1987). The Making of a Liberal Democracy: Senegal's Passive Revolution, 1975–1985. Boulder: L. Rienner. ISBN 1-55587-010-4.