Senegal holds snap election as President Faye eyes majority to push reforms | Elections News

More than seven million people eligible to vote in the snap election, with jobs and rising prices on their minds.

Polls have closed in Senegal’s parliamentary elections as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye aims for a resounding majority to see through the promises of ambitious reforms that swept him to power eight months ago.

More than seven million of the country’s 17 million people were eligible to vote on Sunday to pick members of the 165-seat National Assembly for a five-year term. Polls opened at 8am (08:00 GMT) and closed at 6pm (18:00 GMT). The first provisional results are…