1983 Senegalese general election

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% in the Assembly election and 57% in the presidential election.

Turnout56.70%

Turnout56.20%

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1983 Senegalese general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	56.70%
Candidate Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade Party PS PDS Popular vote 908,879 161,067 Percentage 83.45% 14.79%
President before election Abdou Diouf PS Elected President Abdou Diouf PS
Parliamentary election
Turnout	56.20%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PS Abdou Diouf 79.94 111 +29 PDS Abdoulaye Wade 13.97 8 −10 RND Cheikh Anta Diop 2.71 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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