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National Assembly of Senegal

National Assembly of Senegal
Assemblée nationale du Sénégal
3rd National Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Mohammed Dionne, Independent
Since 8 July 2014
Moustapha Niasse, AFP
Since 1 July 2012
Structure
Seats 150
National Assembly (Senegal) diagram.svg
Political groups

Government (119)

Opposition (31)

Elections
Parallel system
Last election
1 July 2012
Meeting place
National assembly (Dakar, Senegal).jpg
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


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