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1993 Senegalese presidential election

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1993 Senegalese presidential election

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Turnout51.46% (Decrease 7.31pp)
 
Candidate Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade
Party PS PDS
Popular vote 757,311 415,295
Percentage 58.40% 32.03%

President before election

Abdou Diouf
PS

Elected President

Abdou Diouf
PS

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 21 February 1993. Incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party defeated seven other candidates, receiving 58% of the vote. Voter turnout was 51%.[1]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdou DioufSocialist Party757,31158.40
Abdoulaye WadeSenegalese Democratic Party415,29532.03
Landing SavanéAnd-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism37,7872.91
Abdoulaye BathilyDemocratic League/Movement for the Labour Party31,2792.41
Iba Der ThiamConvention of Democrats and Patriots20,8401.61
Madior Diouf [fr]National Democratic Rally12,6350.97
Mamadou LôIndependent11,0580.85
Babacar Niang [fr]Party for the Liberation of the People [fr]10,4500.81
Total1,296,655100.00
Valid votes1,296,65598.82
Invalid/blank votes15,4991.18
Total votes1,312,154100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,549,69951.46
Source: African Elections Database

References

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  1. ^ Elections in Senegal African Elections Database

Further reading

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  • Villalón, Leonardo A. (1994). "Democratizing a (Quasi) Democracy: The Senegalese Elections of 1993". African Affairs. 93 (371): 163–193. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098706. JSTOR 723839.