2024 Senegalese presidential election

2024 Senegalese presidential election

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Turnout61.30%
 
Candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye Amadou Ba
Party PASTEF APR
Alliance DP BBY
Popular vote 2,434,751 1,605,086
Percentage 54.28% 35.79%

Results by department
Faye:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Ba:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Dia:      40–50%

President before election

Macky Sall
APR

Elected President

Bassirou Diomaye Faye
PASTEF

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 24 March 2024. Incumbent president Macky Sall was ineligible to pursue a third term due to term limits in the Constitution of Senegal.[1]

The elections were originally scheduled for 25 February,[2][3] but were postponed indefinitely by a decree of Sall on 3 February,[4] and then delayed by the National Assembly to 15 December. However, on 15 February the Senegalese Constitutional Council overturned the postponement and ordered elections to proceed as soon as possible,[5] with the government subsequently setting a new election date for 24 March after a national dialogue at the end of February was ruled unconstitutional.[6][7]

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, running in place of Ousmane Sonko, was elected president with 54% of the vote, while Amadou Ba, the candidate of the ruling United in Hope (BBY) coalition, peacefully conceded defeat.[8] Faye's victory was later confirmed by Senegal's Supreme Court.[9] He was inaugurated as president on 2 April.

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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference postpone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference asap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Senegal: govt sets new date for delayed presidential vote for 24 March". The North Africa Post. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Senegal to hold delayed presidential election on March 24". Africanews. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Former Senegal prime minister concedes defeat in presidential election to opposition candidate". AP News. 25 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Senegal top court confirms Faye's election victory". The Canberra Times. 29 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.