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  Wade leads in Senegal election, state-run agency says
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News DateMonday, February 26, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionDAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) -- President Abdoulaye Wade took an early lead over rivals in Senegal's election Sunday, the official news agency reported, citing initial returns after a high turnout at the polls.

Wade has predicted he will win outright in the first round, garnering more than 50 percent of the vote. His 14 challengers have said this would be impossible to achieve without fraud and that they will challenge any such result.

This has raised fears of possible unrest in one of the few West African countries not to have experienced a coup or civil war since gaining independence half a century ago.

The state-run Senegalese Press Agency (APS) said early, partial results posted at polling stations in Dakar and several other cities and towns such as Thies, Matam, Fatick and Podor gave the octogenarian president the initial advantage.

Official results are not expected until Monday, and it was not clear whether Wade was on track for outright victory. If not, a second-round run-off will be held in mid-March.

Nevertheless, his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)-led coalition said their ballot tallies showed he was heading for a first round victory with 55 percent of the vote after 60 percent of the ballots had been counted.
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