President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr. Bassirou Faye on his election as the President of the Republic of Senegal.
In a congratulatory message on Wednesday contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu also congratulated incumbent President, Macky Sall, for overseeing an election widely deemed as peaceful and transparent.
Faye emerged as Senegal’s President-elect after an unprecedented victory at the presidential election on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
The country’s electoral commission said more than 7 million people were registered to vote out of roughly 17 million Senegalese. The civil society observer group known as COSCE revealed that voter turnout was over 61 percent.
To win, candidates had to secure more than 50 per cent of the vote.
Although the Senegalese News Agency, APS, said the constitutional council will announce the results on April 3, preliminary results showed the opposition candidate, Faye, polling about 53.7 per cent.
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