The Constitutional Council will carry out further screening to produce a final list.
Senegalese go to the polls on February 24, 2019 in the first round of general elections with seven candidates shortlisted for the presidential vote. Agency reports said the Constitutional Council on January 8, 2019 tentatively approved six candidates to run against incumbent President Macky Sall under new rules that require each contender to provide 53,000 endorsement signatures by registered voters from across the country.
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