Senegal votes in parliamentary poll as Faye eyes majority to enact reforms
Months after Bassirou Diomaye Faye won Senegal's March 2024 presidential election, voters in the West African nation cast their ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections that could decide if the new president has a legislative majority to push through ambitious reforms.
Senegal began counting votes Sunday after parliamentary elections in which the new government is aiming for a resounding majority to deliver the ambitious reform agenda that swept it to power eight months ago.
Voting took place peacefully across the West African country, and reliable projections of the new parliament's makeup could be available from Monday morning.
Tallying started shortly after a polling station in the capital Dakar closed at 6:00 pm (1800 GMT), an AFP journalist saw.
The governing Pastef party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is the favourite to win.
It has emerged as the vote winner in most of the first polling stations to give their provisional results, according to media reports, beating the two main opposition parties.
Faye secured victory in March pledging economic transformation, social justice and a fight against corruption -- raising hopes among a largely youthful population facing high inflation and widespread unemployment.
(AFP)
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