Senegal’s new president seeks majority in parliamentary vote
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called the early polls hoping to pave the way towards major reforms pledged during his presidential election campaign earlier this year.
Roughly 7.3 million people are registered to vote in Senegal
Polls closed after a day of voting in Senegal’s parliamentary election on Sunday, a few months after President Bassirou Diomaye won the presidential election on an anti-establishment platform of rapid and far-reaching reform.
A total of 165 seats were up for grabs in the country’s legislature.
The first projected results are expected as early as Monday morning, although the final results could take much longer.
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Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called the early polls hoping to pave the way towards major reforms pledged during his presidential election campaign earlier this year.y
Roughly 7.3 million people are registered to vote in SenegalImage: John Wessels/AFP
New president seeks parliamentary backing for agenda
The 44-year-old Faye pledged change at his inauguration in April, but had found it difficult to deliver while his PATSEF party did not hold a majority in the country’s parliament, with less than a third of the seats.
