Senegalese constitutional referendum, 2001

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The Senegalese constitutional referendum was held on 7 January 2001 to approve a new constitution for Senegal. It was the third referendum since Senegal became independent and resulted in an overwhelming yes vote. The vote paved the way for early parliamentary elections to take place in April 2001.

The constitutional reform abolished the Senate of Senegal, which had only come into existence in 1999; its first election had been boycotted by the opposition parties, who viewed its creation as unnecessary.

[edit] Result

Referendum results:
Votes cast	1,678,097	65.74%
Abstentions	874,492	34.26%
Electorate	2,552,589	100.0%
Of votes cast:
Valid votes	1,651,433	98.41%
Invalid votes	26,664	1.59%
Total votes	1,678,097	100.0%
Of Yes and No votes:
Yes votes	1,552,401	94.0%
No votes	99,032	6.0%
Total	1,651,433	100%

[edit] External links

• Results from Electionguide.org

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