In Senegal, the provisional official results of the Sunday March 24 presidential election were announced this Wednesday March 27 by the National Vote Counting Commission. Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected in the first round with 54.28%. Final decisions will be made by the Constituent Assembly.
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In second place, behind President-elect Bassiro Diomayo Fay, is Amato Ba with 35.79%. The third candidate, Aliyu Mamto Diya of the Unity and Rally Party, received only 2.8% of the vote. Khalifa Sall gets 1.56% and Idrissa Cech, 0.9%. The voter turnout was 61.3%.
Bassiro Tomaye Fay, 44, who has never held national elected office before, is the youngest president. Senegal. His enemies sensed his success. His election was preceded by three years of tension and unrest in the country. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds arrested since 2021.
An obvious election campaign
He spent eleven months in prison before the presidential election. Bussiro Duomoye Faye Finally on March 14, at the same time Ousmane Sonko was released, thanks to the amnesty law launched by President Macky Sall. Mr. With Sonko, he embarked on an express election campaign across the country in a caravan. The campaign culminated on Friday, March 22 with a closing rally in his hometown of Mbour.
On the evening of March 24, people came out in large numbers Celebrate your success By Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Later received the future president of Senegal Congratulations His enemies, President Sal and finally many nations.
The release of provisional official results by the National Voting Census Commission, reported to the Senegalese justice system, confirms the scale. However, these decisions still need to be confirmed and then announced by the Constituent Assembly.
