Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 2000, with a second round taking place on 19 March after no candidate won over 50% of votes in the first round. Although incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by long-term opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party in the second round,[1] marking the first time that the Socialist Party and its predecessors had lost power since independence. Voter turnout was 62.2% in the first round and 60.8% in the second.

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Abdou DioufSocialist Party690,91741.30687,96941.51
Abdoulaye WadeSenegalese Democratic Party518,74031.01969,33258.49
Moustapha NiasseAlliance of the Forces of Progress280,53816.77
Djibo Leïty KâUnion for Democratic Renewal118,4847.08
Iba Der ThiamConvention of Democrats and Patriots20,1641.21
Ousseynou FallRepublican Party of Senegal18,6041.11
Cheikh Abdoulaye DièyeFront for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël16,2110.97
Mademba SockRally of African Laborers–Senegal9,3260.56
Total1,672,984100.001,657,301100.00
Valid votes1,672,98498.621,657,30199.37
Invalid/blank votes23,4001.3810,4740.63
Total votes1,696,384100.001,667,775100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,725,98762.232,745,23960.75
Source: African Elections Database, CC (first round), (second round)

References

  1. ↑ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

Further reading

  • Galvan, Dennis Charles (2001). "Political Turnover and Social Change in Senegal". Journal of Democracy. 12 (3): 51–62. doi:10.1353/jod.2001.0047. S2CID 155083589.
  • Gellar, Sheldon (2005). Democracy in Senegal: Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-7026-2.
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