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,[1] 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.
Source: African Elections Database, CC (first round), (second round)
References
^Elections in Senegal African Elections Database
Further reading
Galvan, Dennis Charles (2001). "Political Turnover and Social Change in Senegal". Journal of Democracy. 12 (3): 51–62. doi:10.1353/jod.2001.0047. S2CID 155083589.
Gellar, Sheldon (2005). Democracy in Senegal: Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN1-4039-7026-2.