Senegal election commission confirms Faye's victory

DAKAR — Bassirou Diomaye Faye, candidate of the opposition coalition "Diomaye President", has won Senegal's presidential election, according to results released on Wednesday by the country's National Vote Counting Commission.

Faye secured a total of 2,434,751 votes, constituting 54.28 percent of the total votes cast, commission president Amady Diouf told a news conference held in Dakar, the country's capital. The voter turnout rate was 61.30 percent.

His closest rival, Amadou Ba, representing the ruling coalition, trailed behind with 35.79 percent of the votes.