DAKAR (Reuters) -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.
(Reporting by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Alexander Smith)
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