National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under French administration, women gained the right to vote by the decree of 19 February 1945 which states that there is no difference between Senegalese women and French women in their right to vote. "les femmes sénégalaises sont électrices et éligibles dans les mêmes conditions que les femmes orginaires de France." In 1956 women were granted the right to vote to local elections by the loi-cadre Deferre. This right was confirmed at independence.