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
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