Indirect

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

elections were held in Senegal on 19 August 2007. Over 13,000"Sénégal: Sénatoriales - le Conseil constitutionnel confirme la victoire du PDS"
Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (allAfrica.com), August 28, 2007 . MPs, local and municipal councillors were eligible to vote in this election, in which 35 of the Senate's 100 members were chosen across the country's 35 districts; President Abdoulaye Wade nominated the other 65 members."Le pouvoir remporte 34 des 35 sièges de sénateurs pourvus"
, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), August 20, 2007 . Unlike other elections held in Senegal since 2000, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of President Wade did not take part in the election as part of the

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 ...

, but instead ran independently."SENAT : Ce sera bel et bien Pape Diop"
, las.sn, August 7, 2007 . The PDS received 8,177 of the 9,624 valid votes, a majority of 85%, and won all but one of the seats. Turnout was 73.3%, with 9,815 of the eligible 13,384 voters participating; 191 of the votes were deemed invalid. The single seat not won by the PDS was the seat from

Vélingara Department Vélingara Department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, one of the three making up the Kolda Region in the Upper Casamance. Administration The department has three communes: Vélingara (the capital town), Kounkané and Diaobé-Kabendo ...

; it was won by

And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism The And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (''And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme'') is a socialist political party in Senegal led by Landing Savané. And-Jëf/PADS was founded in 1991, through the merger of A ...

(AJ/PADS). AJ/PADS received 736 total votes, the second highest number. Five other groups participated but did not win seats: the Union of Democratic Forces (UFD) received 251 votes, the Authentic Socialist Party (PSA) won 134 votes, the Bloc of Gaïndé Centrists (BCG) won 44 votes, Taaru Sénégal–Taaru Afrik/Movement for Self-Management Socialism (TS–TA/MSA) won 40 votes, and the Bloc for the Reinforcement of Democracy in Senegal (BRDS) won 7 votes. Most of the main opposition parties boycotted the senatorial election, as they did the June 2007 National Assembly election. The results were confirmed by the Constitutional Council on August 28, 2007, and the Senate was installed on September 26. Former National Assembly President

Pape Diop Pape Diop (born 17 April 1954.) is a Senegalese politician and a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) who was President of the Senate of Senegal from 2007 to 2012. He was Mayor of Dakar, the capital city, from 2002 to 2009, as ...

, one of the appointed Senators, was elected President of the Senate on October 3, receiving the votes of 99 of the 100 Senators."Sénégal: Pape Diop, un proche de Wade, élu président du Sénat"
, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 3, 2007 .

Results

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Senegal

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