Senegal: Faye Nears Victory In Presidential Election

At least seven candidates congratulated Faye based on the early tallies.

“Congratulations to Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his unquestionable victory,” candidate Anta Babacar Ngom said on the platform X, formerly Twitter.

Dethie Fall referred to him as “President … Faye” and congratulated him “on his fine victory, clearly achieved in view of the very strong trends that are emerging.”

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Hundreds gathered at Faye’s campaign headquarters in Dakar to celebrate as it seemed he was ahead in the vote.

However, the management of Ba’s campaign said that it was “certain” there would be a runoff vote.

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“In the light of the results reported by our expert teams, we are certain that, in the worst-case scenario, we will be in a second round,” it said.

Ba’s campaign accused Faye’s camp of attempted “manipulation.”

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