Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday.
Senegalese opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye acknowledges the crowd of supporters gathering at the Caroline Faye Stadium in Mbour, on March 22, 2024 for the closing rally of the presidential campaign. Senegal’s presidential candidates were set to make their final pitches to voters on March 22, 2024, marking the end of a rushed campaign for what is considered an unprecedented election after weeks of political crisis.
It would be the first time since independence from France in 1960 that an opponent has won in the first round. The announcement of the official provisional results seems to clear the way for a handover of power between Sall and his successor. The Constitution states that if no appeals are made in this period, “the Council shall immediately proclaim the final results of the ballot”.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday congratulated Faye and “the Senegalese people, who have demonstrated that the right to vote — and have that vote counted — remains democracy’s threshold liberty”.
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