[HIGHLIGHTS] Senegal: opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye proclaimed president-elect with 54.28% of the vote

Senegal: opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye proclaimed president-elect with 54.28% of the vote. He will be sworn in late Tuesday morning in Diamniadio.

This is the first time since Senegal's independence in 1960 that an opponent has won in the first round. Participation was 61.30%. This is less than in 2019, when outgoing President Macky Sall obtained a second term, but more than in 2012. The Council "has not received any dispute" from the 19 candidates, the third of whom, Aliou Mamadou Dia, received 2.8%.