Highlights: Senegal: Mr. Faye wins the presidential election with 54.28%, according to provisional official results. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, will become Senegal's youngest president. 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. The final results will be delivered by the Constitutional Council. The election took place on Sunday March 24, but the official results were only announced this Wednesday March 27 by the National Votes Census Commission.

In Senegal, the still provisional official results of the presidential election on Sunday March 24 were announced this Wednesday March 27 by the National Votes Census Commission. Bassirou…

Senegal: Mr. Faye wins the presidential election with 54.28%, according to provisional official results

In Senegal, the still provisional official results of the presidential election on Sunday March 24 were announced this Wednesday March 27 by the National Votes Census Commission. Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected in the first round with 54.28%. The final results will be delivered by the Constitutional Council.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, speaks during a press conference in Dakar, Senegal, March 25, 2024. REUTERS - Luc Gnago

By: RFI Follow

Behind elected president Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in second position, Amadou Ba obtains 35.79%. The third candidate, Aliou Mamadou Dia, candidate of the Unity and Rally Party, received only 2.8% of the vote. Khalifa Sall obtains 1.56% and Idrissa Seck, 0.9%. Participation in this election was 61.3%.

Bassirou Domaye Faye, 44, who has never held national elective office before, will become Senegal's youngest president. His opponents recognized his victory. 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 express electoral campaign

Incarcerated for eleven months before the presidential election,

Bassirou Diomaye Faye

was finally released on March 14, at the same time as Ousmane Sonko, thanks to an amnesty law initiated by President Macky Sall. With Mr. Sonko, he embarked on an express electoral campaign across the country aboard a caravan. This campaign ended with a closing meeting on Friday March 22 in Mbour, his region of origin.

The same evening of March 24, people came out en masse to

celebrate Bassirou Diomaye Faye's victory

. Then the future president of Senegal received

congratulations from his adversaries, from President Sall and finally from many countries

The publication of the provisional official results by the National Voting Census Commission, reporting to the Senegalese justice system, confirms the extent of this. However, these results must still be confirmed and then proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.

Senegal: Mr. Faye wins the presidential election with 54.28%, according to provisional official results

Senegal: Mr. Faye wins the presidential election with 54.28%, according to provisional official results

An express electoral campaign

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