It is now official: Senegalese opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye is the fifth president of Senegal. With 54.28% of the votes in the first round of voting on March 24, he is well ahead of Macky Sall's runner-up, Amadou Ba (35.79%), according to the final results proclaimed Friday by the Constitutional Council.
“Mr Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye is elected President of the Republic of Senegal”, indicates a decision of the Council consulted on Friday by AFP and confirming the provisional figures announced on Wednesday by the courts.
The Council "has not received any dispute" from the 19 candidates, the third of whom, Aliou Mamadou Dia, received 2.8% of the votes.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be sworn in late Tuesday morning in the new town of Diamniadio, the presidency said. The transfer of power with his predecessor Macky Sall is then planned at the presidential palace in Dakar.
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, also in the first round, but more than in 2012.
With AFP
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