Presidential results: - Macky Sall: 58% - Idrissa Seck: 21% - Ousmane Sonko: 16% - El Hadj Issa Sall: 4% - Madické Niang: 1% - Turnout: 66%
Khalifa Sall (no relation to the president), the popular former mayor of Dakar, and Karim Wade, the son of a former president, were unable to run after being found guilty of corruption. As a result, neither the Socialist Party nor the Senegalese Democratic Party, which have dominated the country's political landscape since independence, fielded presidential candidates. Mr Sall's closest rival, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, got 21% of the vote. In all, only five candidates were on the ballot paper, compared to 12 in the last election. More than 6.6 million people were registered to vote in Sunday's election, including some residents living abroad, and 66% turned out to cast their ballots.
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