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)
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