(31 Jul 2022)
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Dakar, Senegal - 31 July 2022
1. Wide exterior of voting centre
2. Members of the voting centre
3. Various of members of the voting centre starting the counting of the votes
4. Close of ballots
5. Various of Mbaye Sow, president of the polling station, counting votes
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Mbaye Sow, Polling station president:
"Everything happened normally, and at 6pm, because there weren't too many voters, we have started the counting."
7. Sow and others counting vote
8. Close of member of the polling station taking notes
9. Various of Sow showing the results on the board
STORYLINE:
Polls closed in Senegal on Sunday in a legislative election seen as a litmus test for the 2024 presidential elections.
Sunday's vote was considered a vital test for Senegal's opposition parties, who are trying to minimise the ruling party's influence, amid worries that President Macky Sall may seek a third term.
About 7 million voters are eligible to elect 165 deputies in the National Assembly amid a politically tense atmosphere in the West African nation.
Violent protests broke out last year after Sall's main opponent, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested on rape charges, and more than a dozen people were killed.
Sonko, who came in third in the 2019 election, denies the allegations and his supporters have been vocal about their opposition to the president.
This year, he and another of Sall's major opponents were disqualified as candidates, which sparked more widespread anger and protests in which three people died in June.
Senegal, with a population of 17 million, is known for its stability in a region that has seen coups in three countries since 2020 and where leaders have changed laws to remain in power for third terms.
Sunday's election will give a clearer indication of what could happen in 2024. Final results are expected by Tuesday.
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