title: Authentic Socialist Party (Senegal)
text: # Authentic Socialist Party (Senegal)
  
  The Authentic Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste authentique) is a political party in Senegal. The party was founded by Souty Touré, the current mayor of Tambacounda and a former government minister under Abdou Diouf. The party's base remains in the south eastern Tambacounda Region.
  
  ## History
  
  In the 2007 elections the party received 1.5% of the national vote and won a single seat in the National Assembly. In the 2012 elections the party received just 0.5% of the vote and lost its single seat.
  
  