"The results allow us to say that we should congratulate President Macky Sall on his re-election," Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne said at midnight, predicting the incumbent would receive "at least 57%" of the vote. If no one wins more than 50% a second-round runoff will be held on March 24. The other challengers, former foreign minister Madicke Niang and Issa Sall of the Unity and Assembly Party (PUR), were trailing far behind, according to the results. And the president chosen will equally have to be president of all Senegalese," Sall said after voting Sunday. "Victory in the first round is indisputable," Sall told a recent Dakar campaign rally.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 25, 2019 04:18 UTC