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| Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade won re-election for a second term in Sunday's election, the country's electoral commission has said. | Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade won re-election for a second term in Sunday's election, the country's electoral commission has said. |
| It said that President Wade, aged 81, won more than 50% of the votes cast, making a run-off unnecessary. | It said that President Wade, aged 81, won more than 50% of the votes cast, making a run-off unnecessary. |
| The results must still be reviewed and confirmed by the Senegalese Constitutional Council. | The results must still be reviewed and confirmed by the Senegalese Constitutional Council. |
| Opposition parties have said they have evidence of fraud and may challenge Mr Wade's victory. | Opposition parties have said they have evidence of fraud and may challenge Mr Wade's victory. |
| Mr Wade had received 55.86% of the votes, beating 14 other candidates, electoral commission head Cheikh Tidiane Diakhate said at a news conference in the capital, Dakar. | |
| He said that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck had polled 14.93%, followed by opposition Socialist Party Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who had gathered 13.57%. | He said that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck had polled 14.93%, followed by opposition Socialist Party Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who had gathered 13.57%. |
| The commission's tally confirmed provisional results issued earlier this week. | The commission's tally confirmed provisional results issued earlier this week. |
| If the results are confirmed by the Constitutional Council, Mr Wade will serve five years in office. | |
| Observers from regional body the Economic Community of West African States have said the voting on Sunday was free and fair. | Observers from regional body the Economic Community of West African States have said the voting on Sunday was free and fair. |
| Senegal, a predominately Muslim nation, is seen as a rare model of stable democracy in Africa. | Senegal, a predominately Muslim nation, is seen as a rare model of stable democracy in Africa. |
| It is the only West African nation not to have experienced a coup since independence, and polls in 2000 passed off peacefully. | |
| Some five million people were eligible to vote, which is almost double the figure in the last election. | |
| During Mr Wade's first term, parliament voted to reduce the presidential term from seven to five years. |