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Senegalese presidential poll temporary figures

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

APA – Dakar (Senegal) Here follow the temporary results in decreasing order, the National vote census commission published Thursday in Dakar.
THE ELECTORAL BODY

Registered ……………….. 4, 917, 157
Cast votes ……………….. 3, 467, 522
Valid votes ………………. 3, 419, 751
Invalid votes …………….. 4, 771

RESULTS

Candidates
Votes
Percentages

1
Abdoulaye Wade
1.910.368
55,86 %

2
Idrissa Seck
510.610
14,93 %

3
Ousmane Tanor Dieng
463.967
13,56 %

4
Moustapha Niasse
202.865
5,93 %

5
Robert Sagna
88.390
2,58 %

6
Abdoulaye Bathily
75.759
2,21 %

7
Landing Savané
70.666
2,06 %

8
Talla Sylla
18.014
0,52 %

9
Cheikh Bamba Dièye
17.233
0,50 %

10
Mamadou Lamine Diallo
16.551
0,48 %

11
Mame Adama Guèye
13.669
0,39 %

12
Doudou Ndoye
9.929
0,29 %

13
El Hadj Alioune Mbaye
9.024
0,26 %

14
Louis Jacques Senghor
8.208
0,24 %

15
Modou Dia
4.488
0,13 %

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Ousmane Tanor Dieng

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Ousmane Tanor Dieng is the President of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party of Senegal in the National Assembly.But also since 1996, he is the vice-president of the Socialist International. Ousmane Tanor Dieng is that type of totally atypical character, as well by the power of his convictions than by the brightness of his personal radiance. Ousmane Tanor Dieng is a person who completely assumes a fate which seems very heavy to carry for other shoulders.

Personal life

Background and Early life

Born in 1948 in Ngueniéne, Senegal, Ousmane Tanor Dieng as any small Senegalese of the village began by the Koranic …

Senegal Election: Wade Walkover in Senegal Poll Draws Challenges

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Senegal’s opposition on Wednesday prepared to contest preliminary poll results showing President Abdoulaye Wade had secured an easy re-election, while some voters wondered at his apparent first-round walkover.

Electoral authorities have yet to declare official results from Sunday’s ballot, but government sources say the octogenarian president has gained a convincing victory with around 55 percent after almost all votes have been counted.

Wade, who has ruled the small West African state since 2000, had made winning in the first round a rallying cry of his election campaign, which stressed the importance of continuity in one of Africa’s most stable democracies.

Leading opposition challengers, …

Today Senegal held presidential election 2007

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Today (25 february 2007) Senegal will hold presidential election on Sunday, when 15 candidates including incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade will run for a five-year mandate.

Four of the candidates are viewed as major competitors, namely Wade, former prime minister Idrissa Seck, Moustapha Niass, the first prime minister during Wade’s presidency, and Ousmane Tanor Dieng, leader of the Socialist Party.

One candidate needs to gain more than half of the votes to win outright in the first round of voting, according to the country’s election rules, otherwise a second round of polls will be held.

Wade, who is in his 80s, has expressed determination …