A supporter holds a campaign poster depicting Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister and the head of the ruling Pastef party, Ousmane Sonko, during Sonko's campaign rally for the upcoming early legislative election, in Guediawaye on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, November 13, 2024.
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Dakar: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party has won 130 out of 165 seats in Senegal's legislative elections, securing a clear parliamentary majority, state TV said on Thursday, citing provisional results.
Faye, who came to power in April after a landslide election victory, dissolved the house two years into its five-year term on Sept. 12. He said working with the assembly was difficult after the opposition refused to pass bills from the executive.
A confirmed majority would enable Faye to pursue an ambitious reform agenda that helped sweep him to power. His first challenge will be a budget amid a fiscal crisis.