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The unicameral National Assembly of Senegal (French: Assemblée nationale du Sénégal) is the country's legislative body.

1 The current National Assembly
2 Previous National Assembly election results
- 2.1 Notes
3 List of National Assembly Presidents
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] The current National Assembly

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 29 April 2001, has a total of 120 directly elected members who serve five-year terms.

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**Summary of the 29 April 2001 **National Assembly of Senegal** election results**
Parties		%	Seats
Coalition Sopi	Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais)	49.6	89
	Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travial)
	Others
Alliance of Progress Forces (Alliance des Forces du Progrès)		16.1	11
Socialist Party of Senegal (Parti socialiste du Sénégal)		17.4	10
Union for Democratic Renewal (Union pour le renouveau démocratique)		3.7	3
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme)		4.1	2
Senegalese Liberal Party (Parti libéral sénégalais)		0.9	1
Party for Progress and Citizenship (Parti pour le progrès et la citoyenneté)		0.9	1
Alliance for Progress and Justice Jëf-Jël (Alliance pour le Progrès et la Justice/Jëf-Jël)		0.8	1
National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Démocratique)		0.7	1
Party of Independence and Work (Parti de l'Indépendance et le Travail)		0.6	1
Total (turnout 67.4 %)			120'
Source: Le Soleil

[edit] Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party/Coalition	Election Year
Political Party/Coalition	1963	1968(1)	1973(1)	1978	1983	1988	1993	1998
Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) (note 2)	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Socialist Party of Senegal (PS)	-	80	100	83	111	103	84	93
Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)	-	-	-	17	08	17	27	23
National Democratic Rally (RND)	-	-	-	-	01	-	-	01
Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	03	03
Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) (note 3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	03	-
Party of Independence and Work (PIT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	02	01
Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal (UDS-R)	-	-	-	-	-	-	01	01
Union for Democratic Renewal (URD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
And-Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	04
Convention of Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Front for Socialism and Democracy-Benno Jubël (FSD-BJ)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Gaïndé Centrist Bloc (BGC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Total	80	80	100	100	120	120	120	140

[edit] Notes

The Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the Socialist Party's predecessor.
Senegal was a one party state from 1966 to 1974. Only the Socialist Party fielded candidates in the 1968 and 1973 elections.
Let Us Unite Senegal (JLS) was a coalition of three political parties - the National Democratic Rally (RND), And Jëf-African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), and Convention for Democrats and Patriots-Garab Gi (CDP-Garab Gi).

[edit] List of National Assembly Presidents

Term	Incumbent
1960 – 1968	Lamine Guèye
1968 – 1983	Amadou Cissé Dia
1983 – 1984	Habib Thiam
1984 – 1988	Daouda Sow
1988 – 1993	Abdoul Aziz Ndaw
1993 – 2001	Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho
2001 – 2002	Youssou Diagne
2002 – Present	Pape Diop