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2000 Senegalese presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Senegal
type	presidential
election_date	27 February 2000 (first round)
19 March 2000 (second round)
previous_election	1993 Senegalese presidential election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2007 Senegalese presidential election
next_year	2007
turnout	62.23% (first round) 10.77pp
60.75% (second round)
image1	Abdoulaye Wade 2011.jpg
candidate1	Abdoulaye Wade
party1	Senegalese Democratic Party
popular_vote1	969,332
percentage1	58.49%
image2	Abdou Diouf 2008-08-27.jpg
candidate2	Abdou Diouf
party2	Socialist Party of Senegal
popular_vote2	687,969
percentage2	41.51%
map_image	2000 Senegalese presidential election.svg
map_caption	First round results by region
Wade: Diouf:
title	President
before_election	Abdou Diouf
before_party	Socialist Party of Senegal
after_election	Abdoulaye Wade
after_party	Senegalese Democratic Party

19 March 2000 (second round) 60.75% (second round)

Wade: Diouf:

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 2000, with a second round taking place on 19 March after no candidate won over 50% of votes in the first round. Although incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by long-term opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade of the Senegalese Democratic Party in the second round, marking the first time that the Socialist Party and its predecessors had lost power since independence. Voter turnout was 62% in the first round and 61% in the second.

Results

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html Elections in Senegal] African Elections Database

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