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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdou DioufSocialist Party908,87983.45
Abdoulaye WadeSenegalese Democratic Party161,06714.79
Mamadou DiaPeople's Democratic Movement15,1501.39
Oumar WoneSenegalese People's Party2,1460.20
Majhemout DiopAfrican Independence Party1,8330.17
Total1,089,075100.00
Valid votes1,089,07599.62
Invalid/blank votes4,1690.38
Total votes1,093,244100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,928,25756.70
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party862,71379.94111+29
Senegalese Democratic Party150,78513.978–10
National Democratic Rally29,2712.711New
People's Democratic Movement13,0301.210New
Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party12,0531.120New
Party of Independence and Labour5,9100.550New
African Independence Party3,2690.3000
Senegalese People's Party2,1390.200New
Total1,079,170100.00120+20
Valid votes1,079,17099.58
Invalid/blank votes4,5110.42
Total votes1,083,681100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,928,25756.20
Source: African Elections Database

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.
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