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Senegal election result: Bassirou Diomaye Faye to become Africa’s youngest elected president

Faye with about 53.7 percent and Ba with 36.2 percent based on tallies from 90 percent of polling stations.

by NWMNewsDesk
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Senegal’s opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the next president after his main rival Amadou Ba conceded defeat.

Provisional results after Sunday’s presidential vote showed Faye with about 53.7 percent and Ba with 36.2 percent based on tallies from 90 percent of polling stations in the first-round vote, the electoral commission said on Monday.

Earlier, ruling coalition candidate Ba called Faye to offer his congratulations, a government spokesman told journalists.

The polls followed three years of political turbulence that sparked violent anti-government protests and buoyed support for the opposition.

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Ba was the candidate backed by outgoing President Macky Sall, who is stepping down amid a drop in popularity after two terms in office marred by economic hardship.

Faye was thrust into the centre of Senegalese politics more than a week after he was released from prison along with his mentor Ousmane Sonko, who was disqualified from standing in the election because of a defamation conviction.

He has not spoken publicly since he cast his vote. He owes much of his success to the backing of Sonko.

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