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Constitutional Council of Senegal

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The Constitutional Council of Senegal is the country's body of constitutional review, separate from the Supreme Court. Its seven members are appointed by the President of the Republic, two of them from a list of four names proposed by the President of the National Assembly, and are chosen from former senior magistrates, full professors of law, inspectors general of the State and lawyers, each with at least twenty years of service. The Council reviews legislative acts and oversees presidential elections: it receives candidacies, hears challenges, proclaims the definitive results and receives the oath of the elected president. It sits in Dakar.

Facts
Founding Year
1992 2
Seat
Dakar 3
Jurisdiction Scope
Review of legislative acts and settlement of disputes over presidential elections and their results 4
Jurisdiction Scope
Jurisdiction Scope (category)
National 1
Connections

Has Member

Youssoupha Ndiaye, Jurists
Source Youssoupha Ndiaye, president du Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.sn

In Legal System

Civil Law, Legal Systems
Source Central Intelligence Agency: Senegal, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Located In

Dakar

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Source Comment est compose le Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.snPage header, postal address
Quote, Page header, postal address
Rue Saint Jean XXIII N°68 Dakar

Found In

Senegal

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Source Comment est compose le Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.snPage footer, copyright line
Quote, Page footer, copyright line
© Copyright 2026. tous droits réservés. Conseil Constitutionnel Sénégal .
Sources
1. Central Intelligence Agency: Senegal, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyGovernment, legal system
Quote, Government, legal system
civil law system based on French law; Constitutional Council reviews legislative acts
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2. Association des hautes juridictions de cassation des pays ayant en partage l usage du francais: Senegal, Cour supreme
Association des hautes juridictions de cassation des pays ayant en partage l usage du francaisHistory of the Court, 1992 reform creating the Council
Quote, History of the Court, 1992 reform creating the Council
Cette organisation a été modifiée lors de la réforme du système judiciaire intervenue le 30 mai 1992
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3. Comment est compose le Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.sn
  • Composition page, opening sentence
    Le Conseil constitutionnel comprend sept membres nommés par le Président de la République, dont deux sur une liste de quatre personnalités proposées par le Président de l’Assemblée nationale.
  • Page header, postal address
    Rue Saint Jean XXIII N°68 Dakar,Sénégal
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4. Senegal 2016 Constitution, Constitute Project
  • Constitution, presidential election disputes
    The regularity of the electoral operations may be contested by one of the candidates[,] before the Constitutional Council[,] within the seventy-two hours which follow the provisional proclamation of the results by a national commission of counting of the votes instituted by an organic law.
  • Constitution, installation of the President
    The President of the Republic is installed in his functions after having taken the oath before the Constitutional Council in public sitting.
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Youssoupha Ndiaye, president du Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.sn
Has Member: Youssoupha Ndiaye, Profile page, title line
Quote, Has Member: Youssoupha Ndiaye, Profile page, title line
PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL CONSTITUTIONNEL (1993-2002)
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