Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday.
Faye, 44, who has said he wants a"break" with the current political system, is set to become the youngest president in Senegal's history. The turnout of 61.30 percent was less than in 2019 when President Macky Sall won a second term in the first-round, but more than in 2012. But a swift handover now seems feasible in the West African nation, which prides itself on its stability and democratic principles in a coup-hit region, provided no appeals are made.From prison to presidency: 44-year-old Diomaye Faye to become Africa's youngest elected president