Figures released by the National Vote Counting Commission (CNRV) showed Sall won Sunday's first round outright, picking up 58.27 percent of the vote. Issa Sall and Macky Sall are not related. On February 11, two people were killed in clashes between supporters of Macky Sall and Issa Sall in the eastern city of Tambacounda. Elena Valenciano, head of a European Union election observer group, said Tuesday that the election was "calm and transparent". A geologist by training, 56-year-old Sall took over as president in 2012 after beating his former mentor Abdoulaye Wade.

Source: Daily Nation February 28, 2019 15:56 UTC