United in Hope

United in Hope

Benno Bokk Yaakaar
United in Hope Benno Bokk Yaakaar
Abbreviation	BBY
Leader	Mahammed Dionne
Founder	Macky Sall
Founded	2012
Ideology	Liberalism[1]; Factions:; Social democracy
Political position	Centre ; Factions:; Centre-left
Continental affiliation	Africa Liberal Network
International affiliation	Liberal International
Member parties	Alliance for the Republic; Alliance of the Forces of Progress; Socialist Party of Senegal; Rewmi
Colours	Brown, Beige
National Assembly	82 / 165
Website
	bby2022.com
	Politics of Senegal; Political parties; Elections;

United in Hope (Wolof: Benno Bokk Yaakaar, BBY; French: Unis par l'espoir) is a political coalition in Senegal led by President Macky Sall's Alliance for the Republic party. The coalition managed to obtain a majority in the National Assembly both in the 2012 and the 2017 election.[2][3] Following the 2022 election the coalition fell one seat short of the majority, but still managed to form a minority government thanks to the support to Pape Diop, the only MP elected from Bokk Gis Gis.[4] However on 25 September 2022 Aminata Touré, who lead the 2022 electoral campaign, announced she would no longer sit with BBY in the Assembly, accusing President Sall of promoting Amadou Mame Diop as president of the National Assembly due to "familial ties", meaning that the government lost its majority in the chamber.[5]

Composition

The coalition is composed of the following parties:

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Membership
Alliance for the Republic Alliance pour la république	APR	Macky Sall	Liberalism	2012–present
Alliance of the Forces of Progress Alliance des forces de progrès	AFP	Moustapha Niasse	Social democracy	2012–present
Socialist Party of Senegal Parti Socialiste du Sénégal	PS	Vacant	Social democracy	2012–present
Rewmi Rewmi		Idrissa Seck	Liberalism Economic liberalism	2012–2013 2020–present

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
2012	Macky Sall	1,040,899	53.06%	119 / 150	New	1st	Majority
2017	Macky Sall	1,637,761	49.47%	125 / 165	6	1st	Majority
2022	Aminata Touré	1,518,137	46.56%	82 / 165	43	1st	Minority

References

https://twitter.com/AfricaElect/status/1553757038454398979 Benno Bokk Yakaar (liberal)
"Senegal elects parliament in test for ruling party's influence". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
"Senegalese vote test for ruling party - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
Ollivier, Théa (17 August 2022). "Senegal's presidential coalition forms fragile majority in the National Assembly". Le Monde. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
Ollivier, Théa (2022-09-25). "Sénégal: Aminata Touré claque la porte du groupe présidentiel à l'Assemblée". RFI (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-26.

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[1] ttps://twitter.com/AfricaElect/status/1553757038454398979 Benno Bokk Yakaar (liberal)

[2] "Senegal elects parliament in test for ruling party's influence". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

[3] "Senegalese vote test for ruling party - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

[4] Ollivier, Théa (17 August 2022). "Senegal's presidential coalition forms fragile majority in the National Assembly". Le Monde. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[5] Ollivier, Théa (2022-09-25). "Sénégal: Aminata Touré claque la porte du groupe présidentiel à l'Assemblée". RFI (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-26.