Senegal: President Macky Sall Wins Re-Election With 58% - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
Senegal’spresident Macky Sall has won his re-election bid garnering 58% of the votescast, according to provisional results from the National Vote CountingCommission on Thursday.
Themajority win hands Sall a second term without a run-off vote.Oppositioncandidate Idrissa Seck came second with 21 percent of votes, while Ousmane Sonkoplaced third with 16 percent.
Sall,whom rights groups have criticized for squeezing out rivals, was tipped to winafter a modernising first term that propelled Senegal’s economic growth to morethan six percent – one of the highest in Africa.
SinceSunday’s vote, opposition candidates have rejected reports of an out-rightvictory for Sall, saying their tallies point to a second round of voting.
Seck and Sonko have not yet commented on the National Vote Counting Commission’s results, which are preliminary until validated by the constitutional council.