List of political parties in Senegal
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This article lists political parties in Senegal.
Senegal
presently has a multi-party system
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Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
presently has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
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The parties
- And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and SocialismAnd-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and SocialismThe And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism is a socialist political party in Senegal led by Landing Savané....
(And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme) (Landing SavanéLanding SavanéLanding Savané is a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.-Political career:...
, secretary general) - Alliance of Progress ForcesAlliance of Progress Forces (Senegal)The Alliance of the Forces of Progress is a political party in Senegal.In the parliamentary election held on 29 April 2001, the party won 16.1 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats. The party's founder, Moustapha Niasse, won 16.8% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, coming in...
(Alliance des Forces du Progrès) - National Democratic RallyNational Democratic Rally (Senegal)The National Democratic Rally is a political party in Senegal. It is the party of the late Cheikh Anta Diop....
(Rassemblement National Démocratique) [Madier DIOUF] - Party of Independence and Work (Parti de l'Indépendance et du Travail) (Amath DansokhoAmath DansokhoAmath Dansokho is a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Party of Independence and Work . He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing from 1991 to 1995 and again briefly in 2000; he is also a former Mayor of Kédougou.Dansokho was born in...
) - Senegalese Democratic PartySenegalese Democratic PartyThe Senegalese Democratic Party is a political party in Senegal. The party considers itself a liberal party and is a member of the Liberal International. Abdoulaye Wade, Senegal's president, is the party's leader...
(Parti Démocratique Sénégalais) (Abdoulaye WadeAbdoulaye WadeAbdoulaye Wade is the third and current President of Senegal, in office since 2000. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party and has led the party since it was founded in 1974...
) - Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travail) [Dr. Abdoulaye Bathily]
- Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël (Alliance pour le Progrès et la Justice/Jëf-Jël)
- Party for Progress and CitizenshipParty for Progress and CitizenshipThe Party for Progress and Citizenship was a political party in Senegal from 2000 to 2002. Led by Mbaye-Jacques Diop, the PPC was formed as a split from the Socialist Party and supported President Abdoulaye Wade.In the April 2001 parliamentary election, the party won 0.91% of the popular vote and...
(Parti pour le progrès et la citoyenneté) - Rally of the Ecologists of SenegalRally of the Ecologists of SenegalThe Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal is a political party in Senegal.At the legislative elections of 3 June 2007, the party won 1.00 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 150 seats.- See also :...
(Rassemblement des écologistes du Sénégal – Les Verts) - Senegalese Liberal PartySenegalese Liberal PartyThe Senegalese Liberal Party was a political party in Senegal from 1998 to 2003, led by Ousmane Ngom.The party was born through a split from the Senegalese Democratic Party...
(Parti libéral sénégalais) - Socialist Party of SenegalSocialist Party of SenegalThe Socialist Party of Senegal is a political party in Senegal. It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. Ousmane Tanor Dieng has been the First Secretary of the party since 1996...
(Parti socialiste du Sénégal) (Abdou DioufAbdou DioufAbdou Diouf was the second President of Senegal, serving from 1981 to 2000. Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession, and leaving willingly after losing the 2000 presidential election to Abdoulaye Wade...
) - Union for Democratic RenewalUnion for Democratic Renewal (Senegal)The Union for Democratic Renewal is a political party in Senegal. It was founded by Djibo Leyti Kâ, a former minister under President Abdou Diouf who broke with the then-ruling Socialist Party, in 1998....
(Union pour le renouveau démocratique) (Djibo Leyti KâDjibo Leyti KâDjibo Leyti Kâ is a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Union for Democratic Renewal . He was a prominent minister under President Abdou Diouf from 1981 to 1995 and founded the URD in 1998 after splitting from Diouf's Socialist Party...
) - African Independence PartyAfrican Independence Party-RenewalAfrican Independence Party is a political party in Senegal, which was led by Majhmoud Diop....
(Majhemout Diop) - African Party for the Independence of the MassesAfrican Party for the Independence of the MassesAfrican Party for Independence of the Masses is a black nationalist political party in Senegal. It was legally registered in July 1982. PAIM publishes Nation Africaine....
- Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno JubëlFront for Socialism and Democracy/Benno JubëlThe Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël is a political party in Senegal.At the legislative elections of 3 June 2007, the party won 2.18 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 150 seats....
(Cheikh Abdoulaye Dieye) - Gainde Centrist Bloc (Jean-Paul Dias)
- Movement for the Liberation of the Senegalese People (Louis Jacques SenghorLouis Jacques SenghorLouis Jacques Senghor is a Senegalese politician, and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was the candidate of the Senegalese People's Liberal Movement . Senghor is the grandson of the first Senegalese president, Leopold Sedar Senghor.Senghor was born in Djilor...
) - Senegalese Democratic Party-RenewalSenegalese Democratic Party-RenewalSenegalese Democratic Party-Renewal a political party in Senegal, founded in 1987 by Serigne Diop, as a split from the Senegalese Democratic Party following Diop's expulsion from the party....
(Serigne Lamine Diop, secretary general) - Senegalese Democratic Union-RenewalSenegalese Democratic Union-RenewalSenegalese Democratic Union-Renewal , a political party in Senegal, founded in 1985 by Mamadou Fall, general secretary of the trade union UTLS, as a split from the Senegalese Democratic Party ....
(Mamadou Puritain Fall) - Union for Progress and Renewal (Doudou NdoyeDoudou NdoyeDoudou Ndoye is a Senegalese lawyer and politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Union for the Republic , a political party he founded in 2000, and was a candidate in the 2007 presidential election.-Biography:...
) - United to Boost SenegalUnited to Boost SenegalUnited to Boost Senegal is a Senegalese Political coalition, active in the 22 March 2009 Municipal elections in that country. The coalition is made up of members of a number of parties opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade's ruling Senegalese Democratic Party and its Sopi Coalition...
(WolofWolof languageWolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...
:Benno Siggil Senegaal)
Historical
- African Regroupment Party-RenewalAfrican Regroupment Party-RenewalAfrican Regroupment Party-Renewal was a political party in Senegal, formed in 1964 following a split in the African Regroupment Party-Senegal . PRA-Rénovation opted for a quick merger with the Senegalese Progressive Union .-Source:* Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise ...
- African Regroupment Party-SenegalAfrican Regroupment Party-SenegalAfrican Regroupment Party-Senegal was a political party in Senegal. Formed in September 1958, following a split in the Senegalese Progressive Union...
- And-Jëf / Revolutionary Movement for New DemocracyAnd-Jëf / Revolutionary Movement for New DemocracyAnd-Jëf/Revolutionary Movement for New Democracy was a Marxist-Leninist political party in Senegal....
- Bolshevik NucleiBolshevik NucleiBolshevik Nuclei was a small clandestine marxist group in Senegal. It published Ferment. At the time of the 1988 elections it promoted abstention.-Source:...
- Committee for the Initiative for Permanent Revolutionary ActionCommittee for the Initiative for Permanent Revolutionary ActionCommittee for the Initiative for Permanent Revolutionary Action was a radical Marxist-Leninist group in Senegal. CIARP was founded by the Blondin Diop brothers following a split in the Movement of Young Marxist-Leninists.CIARP was dismanteled by Senegalese police in July 1971...
- Communist Workers LeagueCommunist Workers League (Senegal)Communist Workers League was a Trotskyist political party in Senegal, founded in 1977. It originated from a split in GOR . It published Tribune Ouvrière...
- Convention of Democrats and PatriotsConvention of Democrats and PatriotsThe Convention of Democrats and Patriots was a political party in Senegal that was led by Iba Der Thiam....
(Garab-Gi) - Independent Socialist Republican PartyIndependent Socialist Republican PartyIndependent Socialist Republican Party was a political party in Senegal, formed in 1919 by Blaise Diagne....
- Reenu-RewReenu-RewReenu-Rew was a radical Marxist group in Senegal, founded in 1973 by Landing Savané. It published Xarébi . In 1974 Reenu-Rew stood behind the initiative to form And-Jëf....
- Senegalese Communist PartySenegalese Communist PartySenegalese Communist Party was a pro-Chinese communist party in Senegal. It was formed by the then student leader Landing Savané in 1965. The party was short-lived, but Savané continued his political activity through other groups.-Source:*Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise . Paris:...
- Senegalese Democratic BlocSenegalese Democratic BlocSenegalese Democratic Bloc was a political party in Senegal, founded on October 27, 1948 by Léopold Sédar Senghor, following a split from the French Section of the Workers' International...
- Senegalese Democratic RallyDemocratic Rally (Senegal)Democratic Rally was a small political party in Senegal led by the CGT leader and former member of the National Assembly Abbas Gueye. On February 2- February 3, 1957 RD merged into the newly formed Senegalese Party of Socialist Action ....
- Senegalese Democratic UnionSenegalese Democratic UnionSenegalese Democratic Union was a political party in Senegal, founded in 1946 by the Communist Study Groups...
- Senegalese Party of Socialist ActionSenegalese Party of Socialist ActionSenegalese Party of Socialist Action was a political party in Senegal led by Lamine Guèye...
- Senegalese Popular BlocSenegalese Popular BlocThe Senegalese Popular Bloc held its constitutive congress in Dakar February 23-25 1957. BPS was the result of the merger of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese Democratic Union , Casamancian Autonomous Movement and a fraction of the Senegalese Popular Movement ...
- Senegalese Popular MovementSenegalese Popular MovementSenegalese Popular Movement was a political party in Senegal. MPS was formed as the Senegalese section of the African Democratic Rally , following the expulsion of the Senegalese Democratic Union...
- Senegalese Republican MovementSenegalese Republican MovementSenegalese Republican Movement was a political party in Senegal, founded on July 3, 1977. MRS was led by Boabacar Gueye, who served as its general secretary....
- Senegalese Socialist PartySenegalese Socialist PartySenegalese Socialist Party was a political party in Senegal. PSS was founded in July 1934 by Lamine Guèye, as a split from the French Section of the Workers' International...
- Senegalese Solidarity PartySenegalese Solidarity PartySenegalese Solidarity Party was a political party in Senegal. PSS was created in January 1959. It was led by Ibrahima Seydou Ndaw, Cheikh Tidiane Sy and Oumar Diop....
- Socialist Movement of the Senegalese UnionSocialist Movement of the Senegalese UnionSocialist Movement of the Senegalese Union was a splinter-group of French Section of the Workers' International in Senegal. MSUS appeared in 1956 and merged into the Senegalese Popular Bloc ....
- Socialist Workers OrganisationSocialist Workers Organisation (Senegal)The Socialist Workers Organisation was a Trotskyist organisation in Senegal.It was founded in France by Sally Ndongo and Babacar Doudou in 1973, with the name Grouping of Revolutionary Workers...
Historical alliances
- Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew MiAntiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew MiAntiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi was a front of political parties in Senegal. The front was constituted on August 3, 1983. The member parties were LCT, MDP, PAI and PPS....
- Popular FrontPopular Front (Senegal)Ahead of the 1936 elections to the French National Assembly, a Popular Front committee was formed in Senegal. It consisted of the local branch of French Section of the Workers' International , the Senegalese Socialist Party, the local Communist cell, Human Rights League and the local branch of the...
Historical local parties
- Casamancian Autonomous MovementCasamancian Autonomous MovementCasamancian Autonomous Movement was a political party in Casamance, southern Senegal. MAC was led by Assane Seck....
- Democratic Bloc of DiambourDemocratic Bloc of DiambourDemocratic Bloc of Diambour was a political party in Diambour, Senegal. BDD merged into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action....
- Democratic Regroupment of KoldaDemocratic Regroupment of KoldaDemocratic Regroupment of Kolda was a political party in Kolda, Senegal. It existed around 1960.-Source:#Nzouankeu, Jacques Mariel. Les partis politiques sénégalais. Dakar: Editions Clairafrique, 1984....
- Independent Party of Sine SaloumIndependent Party of Sine SaloumIndependent Party of Sine Saloum was a political party in Sine-Saloum, Senegal. It existed around 1960.-Source:...
- Independent Party of the Community of the Cap-Vert PeninsulaIndependent Party of the Community of the Cap-Vert PeninsulaIndependent Party of the Community of the Cap-Vert Peninsula was a political party in Cap Vert Peninsula, Senegal. It existed around 1960.-Source:...
- Labour Party of Sine SaloumLabour Party of Sine SaloumLabour Party of Sine Saloum was a political party in Sine-Saloum, Senegal. It existed around 1960.-Source:#Nzouankeu, Jacques Mariel. Les partis politiques sénégalais. Dakar: Editions Clairafrique, 1984....
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- Party for the Defence of the Interests of KoldaParty for the Defence of the Interests of KoldaParty for the Defence of the Interests of Kolda was a political party in Kolda, Senegal. It existed around 1960.-Source:...
- Thiesian Democratic FrontThiesian Democratic FrontThiesian Democratic Front was a political party in Thies, Senegal. FDT merged into the Senegalese Popular Bloc.-Source:...
See also
- Politics of SenegalPolitics of SenegalPolitics in Senegal takes place within the framework of a semi-presidential, democratic republic. The President of Senegal is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Senegal the head of government. However, executive power in Senegal is concentrated in the president's hands...
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