| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlement / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Sénat / Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral law |
31 January 2007
|
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 35
appointed 65 |
| Constituencies |
- 35 single-member constituency (one per each Department) |
| Voting system |
:
Vacancies which arise between general elections are normally filled by substitutes chosen at the same time as titular members.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- membership of a National Assembly or of a local, municipal or regional councils (for the 45 regional Senators)
- membership of the Superior Council of Senegalese Abroad (for the 3 Senators representing citizens residing abroad)
- disqualifications: conviction of crime, imprisonment of specified length for certain offences, contempt of court, undischarged bankruptcy |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 35 years
- Senegalese citizenship
- full possession of civil rights
- membership of political party or coalition of parties
- ineligibility: guardianship, conviction preventing registration on electoral list, governors and their deputies, judges and other senior officials of national services and public institutions |
| Incompatibilities |
- holders of non-elective public functions
- membership of the Economic and Social Council
- employment for foreign States or international organizations
- executive in a State enterprise, State-assisted company, savings and credit organization or company holding a government contract
- Ministers of the Government
- members of the armed or police forces on active duty |
| Candidacy requirements |
- candidatures must be submitted by political parties or coalitions thereof |
