Senegal

Population Statistics

13,975,834

Total Population

2,096,375

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 September 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Loi No. 2012-01 (2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article L80 states:

Any electors suffering from a temporary or permanent disability which makes it impossible to introduce the ballot into the envelope or to place the envelope in the ballot box; shall, on request, be entitled to assistance by a voter of their choice or a member of the polling station.

 

Article L156 states:

Ineligible voters are…2) Persons placed under guardianship or trusteeship or under the protection of the law.

 

Excerpts from Loi No. 2012-01 (2011)