What We're Tracking Senegal's presidential elections. Senegal will hold the first round of its presidential election March 24, followed by a runoff between the two candidates with the largest share of the vote March 31 if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. The main contenders are former Prime Minister Amadou Ba for the incumbent Benno Bokk Yakar coalition and Bassirou Diomaye Faye for the dissolved left-wing PASTEF party. Barring a major surprise, the two candidates will likely face off in a runoff, as none of the 17 candidates running in the first round is likely to secure more than 50% of ballots.