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Voters flock to polls in Istanbul local election

STORY: Voters flock to polls in Istanbul local election SHOOTING TIME: March 31, 2024 DATELINE: March 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city view 2. various of polling stations in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ERCUMENT CAPAN, Poll watcher 4. various of Ekrem Imamoglu casting his vote with his family 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): EKREM IMAMOGLU, Istanbul mayor 6. various of Murat Kurum casting his vote with his family 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): MURAT KURUM, Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate for Istanbul mayor 8. various of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casting his vote with his wife 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President 10. various of polling stations in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Voters flocked to the polls on Sunday in Istanbul, Türkiye's financial and cultural hub, for the country's local elections. A total of 33,228 ballot boxes were established across the city's 39 distric

Election results confirm Bassirou Diomaye Faye's victory in Senegal's presidential race

STORY: Election results confirm Bassirou Diomaye Faye's victory in Senegal's presidential race SHOOTING TIME: March 27, 2024 DATELINE: March 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference held by the National Vote Counting Commission in Dakar 2. various of a polling station in Dakar, Senegal STORYLINE: Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the candidate of the opposition coalition "Diomaye President," has won Senegal's presidential election, according to results released Wednesday by the country's National Vote Counting Commission. Faye secured a total of 2,434,751 votes, constituting 54.28 percent of the total votes cast, said Amady Diouf, the commission's president, during a press conference held in Dakar, the country's capital. The voter turnout rate was 61.30 percent. His closest rival, Amadou Ba, representing the ruling coalition, trailed behind with 35.79 percent of the votes. Aged 44, Faye was born in Ndiaganiao, located 115 km east of Dakar. He hold

Senegalese cast ballots to elect new president

STORY: Senegalese cast ballots to elect new president SHOOTING TIME: March 24, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a polling station in Dakar STORYLINE: The first round of the Senegalese presidential election was held on Sunday. According to statistics from the General Directorate of Elections, approximately 7.37 million voters, over 7 million domestically and the remainder abroad, were expected to cast their ballots to elect the fifth president of Senegal. Senegalese voters voted in about 16,440 polling stations from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The General Directorate of Elections said 2,457 observers were accredited for the election. Nineteen candidates are competing to succeed the outgoing president, Macky Sall, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2019. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dakar. (XHTV)