The complete provisional outcomes are anticipated to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council within the coming days.
Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye gained greater than 54 % of votes in Senegal’s presidential election, the Dakar appeals court docket has mentioned.
The court docket mentioned on Wednesday the provisional outcomes had been based mostly on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations. The outcomes are anticipated to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council within the coming days.
Faye’s victory got here simply 10 days after he was free of jail. The 44-year-old victor has mentioned he desires a “break” with the present political system, and is ready to change into the youngest president in Senegal’s historical past.
The court docket mentioned ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba took greater than 35 % of the vote, and third-placed candidate Aliou Mamadou Dia gained 2.8 %.
Senegal’s outgoing President Macky Sall earlier congratulated Faye, saying his win is “a victory for Senegalese democracy”.
Analysts mentioned his win mirrored a protest in opposition to the outgoing management and divisions inside a strong, however weakened, governing coalition.
Faye’s message has been significantly fashionable amongst younger voters in a rustic the place greater than 60 % of individuals are underneath 25 and wrestle to seek out jobs.
Tens of millions in Senegal took half within the vote to elect the nation’s fifth president.
The polls adopted three years of political turbulence that led to violent antigovernment protests, which garnered larger assist for the opposition.
Dozens have been killed and lots of arrested since 2021, with Faye himself detained and solely launched in the midst of the election marketing campaign.
A peaceable transition of energy in Senegal would mark a flip for democracy in West Africa, the place there have been eight army coups since 2020.