1998 Senegalese parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 24 May 1998. The result was a victory for the ruling Socialist Party, which won 93 of the 140 seats.^[1] Voter turnout was just 39%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party	616,847	50.19	93	+9
	Senegalese Democratic Party	235,470	19.16	23	–4
	Union for Democratic Renewal	162,374	13.21	11	New
	And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism	60,760	4.94	4	^[a]
	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	48,445	3.94	3	0
	Convention of Democrats and Patriots	24,579	2.00	1	^[a]
	Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël	16,445	1.34	1	New
	Senegalese Democratic Union – Renewal	12,978	1.06	1	0
	Party of Independence and Labour	10,899	0.89	1	–1
	National Democratic Rally	8,220	0.67	1	^[a]
	Gaïndé Centrist Bloc [fr]	7,517	0.61	1	New
	Senegalese Patriotic Rally/Jammi Rewmi	4,706	0.38	0	New
	Movement for Socialism and Unity [fr]	3,677	0.30	0	New
	Senegalese Republican Movement	3,600	0.29	0	New
	African Party for the Independence of the Masses	3,456	0.28	0	New
	Rally for Progress, Justice and Socialism [fr]	3,336	0.27	0	New
	Action for National Development [fr]	2,994	0.24	0	New
	Union for Democracy and Federalism/Mbooloo Mi [fr]	2,820	0.23	0	New
Total		1,229,123	100.00	140	+21

Valid votes		1,229,123	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		13,903	1.12
Total votes		1,243,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,164,827	39.28
Source: African Elections Database

^ ^a ^b ^c Contested previous election as part of Let Us Unite Senegal alliance

References

^ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

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