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


Constitution of the Republic of Senegal (2001, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

Article 3 states:

…Suffrage can be direct or indirect. It is always universal, equal and secret. All Senegalese of both sexes, 18 years of age, enjoying their civil and political rights, are electors under the conditions determined by law.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Senegal (2001, last amended 2009)