Buya Jammeh, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal
Senegal's presidential round runoff between the incumbent Abdoulaye Wade and his former prime minister Macky Sall will be held March 25, the country's electoral commission has announced. Under the constitution, the second round must take place on the third Sunday following the last date for publication of the result.
The campaign for the run-off vote will start as soon as final results have been published, or Thursday at the latest.
Wade, who has been in power for 12 years and is bidding for a third term in office a move that has triggered weeks of sometimes deadly protests, won 34.8 percent of the vote in the first round, according to provisional results.
President Wade won 34 percent but failed to secure an outright majority in the first round of his much disputed third term bid.
His former premier-turned-challenger Macky Sall, 50, won 26.5 percent. Turnout stood at 51.5 percent.
The poll-linked violence has claimed between six and 15 lives, according to various sources. The Senegalese Red Cross said it had treated 153 people for injuries in less than a month.
However; both candidates have already started conversing for votes from political groups, but analyst says it would not be an easy ride for Wade who bid has been rejected by anti –government protesters and civil society organizations.
Senegal's presidential round runoff between the incumbent Abdoulaye Wade and his former prime minister Macky Sall will be held March 25, the country's electoral commission has announced. Under the constitution, the second round must take place on the third Sunday following the last date for publication of the result.
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