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The presidential majority claims victory in Sunday’s legislative elections, with most of the votes having already been counted.
She claims that the ruling party, Pastef, won with a “large majority”.
A Pastef victory would give President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a strong mandate to implement the radical program of economic and social reforms on which he was elected in March.
President Macky Sall congratulated Pastef in a tweet.
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The same goes for his former Prime Minister Amadou Ba and the mayor of Dakar Barthelemy Dias. They conceded victory to PASTEF while the vote count was still underway.
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The departmental results will be published on Tuesday November 19 at midnight, and those abroad will be communicated on Wednesday November 20 at noon. The final results, published by the National Voting Census Commission, must be available no later than Friday, November 22 at midnight.
Voting took place peacefully across the country on Sunday, although there were sporadic clashes between supporters of different parties in the run-up to the election.
“We are proud of the Senegalese people and we would like to thank them for the big victory they gave to Pastef,” government spokesperson Amadou Moustapha Ndieck Sarre told the BBC.
Pastef did not indicate how many seats he won. He needs 83 seats to obtain a majority in the National Assembly which has 165.
Mr Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko have struggled to pass their reforms in recent months in the opposition-dominated parliament.
Shortly after becoming president, Mr. Faye appointed Mr. Sonko, his political mentor who was barred from running for president, as prime minister.
The two men campaigned by promising to break up.
President Faye, Africa’s youngest elected leader at 44, promised economic reforms, social justice and the fight against corruption, which resonated with many young people.
The new government that will be established following this election will likely face significant challenges in a country plagued by high unemployment rates and shaky public finances.
