Context

The legislative elections were to take place with the Senegal the February 25th 2007. But, following the cancellation of an order in Council on the distribution of the deputies by the Council of State, they were deferred to June 3rd, 2007.

The elections proceeded thus after the presidential election which saw the disputed re-election of Abdoulaye Wade.

Participation

The principal parties of the opposition, (Rewmi, the Socialist party, the Alliance of the forces of progress and the democratic League/Movement for the party of work), joined together in the Face Siggil Senegal, decided to boycott these elections, in front of the refusal of the government to accept one audit of the electoral file.

This watchword seems to be heard since on the 5.002.533 registered voters, 1.738.185 went to the ballot boxes, that is to say 34,7%. As comparison, rate of participation had been of 67,4% at the time of the legislative elections of 2001.

Candidates

The Minister of Interior Department published on April 13rd the list of political trainings and coalitions authorized to take share with the legislative elections:

• Coalition And Défar Senegal

• Coalition Takku Défaraat Senegal
• Coalition Sopi 2007
• Coalition Waar Wi
• Convergence for the revival and the citizenship (CRC)
• Movement of the reform for social development (MRDS)
• Alliance for progress and justice/Jëf-Jël
• Gathering for the people (RP)
• patriotic National union/Tekki (UNP)
• Socialist party authenticates (PSA)
• Rassemblement of the ecologists of Senegal - the Greens (LMBO)
• Front for socialism and the democracy/Benno Jubël (FSD/BJ)
• Senegalese patriotic Gathering/Jammi Rewmi (RPS/JR)
• Left social democrat/Jant-Bi (PSD/JB)

3.581 candidates presented themselves for the 150 seats which account from now on the National Assembly.

Results

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