Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 2000, with a second round taking place on 19 March after no candidate won over 50% of votes in the first round. Although incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by long-term opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party in the second round,[1] marking the first time that the Socialist Party and its predecessors had lost power since independence. Voter turnout was 62.2% in the first round and 60.8% in the second.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Abdou Diouf | Socialist Party | 690,917 | 41.30 | 687,969 | 41.51 |
| Abdoulaye Wade | Senegalese Democratic Party | 518,740 | 31.01 | 969,332 | 58.49 |
| Moustapha Niasse | Alliance of the Forces of Progress | 280,538 | 16.77 | ||
| Djibo Leïty Kâ | Union for Democratic Renewal | 118,484 | 7.08 | ||
| Iba Der Thiam | Convention of Democrats and Patriots | 20,164 | 1.21 | ||
| Ousseynou Fall | PRS | 18,604 | 1.11 | ||
| Cheikh Abdoulaye Dièye | Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël | 16,211 | 0.97 | ||
| Mademba Sock | Rally of African Laborers-Senegal | 9,326 | 0.56 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 23,400 | - | 10,474 | - | |
| Total | 1,696,384 | 100 | 1,667,775 | 100 | |
References
- ^ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
Further reading
- Galvan, Dennis Charles (2001). "Political Turnover and Social Change in Senegal". Journal of Democracy. 12 (3): 51–62. doi:10.1353/jod.2001.0047.
- Gellar, Sheldon (2005). Democracy in Senegal: Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-7026-2.