United to Boost Senegal ( wo, Bennoo Siggil Senegaal, BSS) 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

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Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved February 28, ...

's ruling

Senegalese Democratic Party The Senegalese Democratic Party (french: Parti démocratique sénégalais) is a political party in Senegal. The party considers itself a liberal party and is a member of the Liberal International. Abdoulaye Wade, who was President of Senegal from ...

(Parti Démocratique Sénégalais) and its

Sopi Coalition The Sopi Coalition was the governing political alliance in Senegal during the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. The alliance is composed of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and smaller parties. Wade is the Secretary-General of the PDS. The al ...

. Coalition partners include the

Socialist Party of Senegal The Socialist Party of Senegal (french: Parti Socialiste du Sénégal, PS) is a political party in Senegal. It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. In the 2000 presidential election, the party's candidate and previ ...

, Alliance of the Forces of Progress,

Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël The Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël (''Front pour le socialisme et la démocratie'') is a political party in Senegal. At the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a populat ...

, and

Reform Movement for Social Development The Reform Movement for Social Development (''Mouvement de la réforme pour le développement social'') is a political party in Senegal. At the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a popula ...

. Prominent BSS members include Khalifa Sall, Biram Sassoum Sy, Doudou Issa Niasse, and Haoua Dia Thiam. The party's colours are Green and Yellow.

March 2009 elections

The party scored several notable victories in the 2009 elections, including the election of former PS government minister

Khalifa Sall Khalifa Ababacar Sall (born 1 January 1956) is a Senegalese politician. He is a former government minister and a former mayor of Dakar. He is the leader of Manko Taxawu Sénégal in the 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election Parliamentary ele ...

as Mayor of

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

and Fsd/Bj Secretary General

Cheikh Bamba Dièye Cheikh Bamba Dieye is a Senegalese politician who has served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Regional Planning and Local Government since April 2012. Previously he was Mayor of Saint-Louis, Senegal, as well as a Deputy in the Nationa ...

as Mayor of Saint-Louis. BSS candidates won local seats across Senegal in the March elections, including

Joal-Fadiouth Joal-Fadiouth is a town and commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar. ''Joal'' lies on the mainland, while ''Fadiouth'', linked by a bridge, lies on an island of clam shells, which are also use ...

: in M'bour Department the BSS candidates won 12 of 16 local councils. Prominent PS members of the coalition won mayor races in Yène,

Louga Louga ( ar, لوجا; Wolof: Luga) is a town in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is a ...

, Mermoz-Sacré Cœur,

Podor Podor (Wolof: Podoor) is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River on the border with Mauritania. It was the location of the ancient state Takrur. It is home to a ruined French colonial ...

and

Kaffrine Kaffrine (Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by o ...

. In the run up to the 2009 elections, splits began to appear in the BSS coalition, with non-PS candidates such as MRDS member Imam Mbaye Niang breaking with the PS.CONTRE LA BOULIMIE DU PS ET DE L’AFP : Imam Mbaye Niang sonne la révolte
Lobservateur : Vendredi 17 Avr 2009

References

External links

"Votez Bennoo Siggil Senegaal"
Local Elections 2009 official website.
Bennoo Siggil Senegaal Dakar
official website. {{Senegalese political parties Political parties in Senegal