National Assembly (Senegal)

National Assembly of Senegal Assemblée nationale du Sénégal
3rd National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Prime Minister of Senegal	Mohammed Dionne, Independent Since 8 July 2014
President of the National Assembly	Moustapha Niasse, AFP Since 1 July 2012
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Government (119)      United in Hope (119) Opposition (31)      Senegalese Democratic Party (12)      Bokk Gis Gis (4)      Bes du Nakk (4)      Republican Movement for Socialism and Democracy (2)      Party for Truth and Development (2)      Other minor parties (7)
Elections
Voting system	Parallel system
Last election	1 July 2012
Meeting place
Dakar

Government (119)

Opposition (31)

The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is the unicameral legislature of Senegal.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 1 July 2012, has a total of 150 elected members who serve five-year terms. The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system. Ninety deputies are elected in 35 single and multi-member districts (departments) by simple majority (plurality) party block vote (PBV, winning party list takes all seats in the district). The remaining 60 seats are filled proportionally based on the national distribution of votes. Voters have a single ballot and vote for the party list. This single ballot is applied to both the majoritarian and proportional vote counts.

^a The United in Hope coalition included the Alliance for the Republic.

Coordinates: 14°39′45″N 17°26′18″W / 14.66250°N 17.43833°W / 14.66250; -17.43833