Senegal anti-establishment candidate leads in presidential poll

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye and opposition leader Ousmane Sonko celebrate at Diomaye's coalition headquarters as the votes are being counted, in Liberte 4, Dakar. / Photo: AFP

Faye appeared clearly ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations published by local media and on social networks. Dethie Fall congratulated Faye"on his fine victory, clearly achieved in view of the very strong trends that are emerging".Faye and Ba had emerged as the favourites to win in a crowded pack of 17 candidates.Hundreds gathered at Faye's campaign headquarters in the capital Dakar late Sunday, singing and dancing to the sound of klaxons and drums.The atmosphere was more sombre among the few dozen supporters at Ba's headquarters.

On Sunday, voters queued calmly outside polling stations, many having woken up early to pray before daybreak before heading straight to polling stations."We finally got there. May God be praised," said Mita Diop, a 51-year-old trader."Recent times haven't been easy for Senegal which has experienced several upheavals."

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