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senegal*

H.E. Doudou NDIR,
President, CENA

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
République du Sénégal
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Assemblee Nationale (Assembly National)
President Macky SALL
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Mohammed Abdallah Boun Through plurality vote, 90 members are elected in
DIONNE
the Assemblee Nationale while 60 members are
5. Capital elected by proportional representation. 50% of the
Dakar candidates on the party lists must be women.

6. Currency 4. Popular House
CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF) Assemblee Nationale
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 5. Type of Electoral System
Wolof 37.1%, Pular 26.2%, Serer 17%, Mandinka Closed list Proportional representation system
5.6%, Jola 4.5%, Soninke 1.4%, other 8.3%
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8. Date of Independence
4 April 1960 ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
7 January 2001 (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

10. Language (s) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
French (Official) Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome
-CENA (Autonomous National Electoral Commis-
11. Literacy Levels sion)
Male: 64.81% Female: 39.8%
Total: 51.9% (2017)

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