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As the results of yesterday’s Senegalese elections trickle in, ruling Party candidate President Wade seems to be steadily establishing a victorious trend that may make a second round unnecessary. Almost 5 million Senegalese voters went to the polls yesterday to choose their next president among fifteen candidates. Turnout was reported be very high and voting time had to be extended by four hours in many polling stations. Polling started at 8.00a.m.in most of the 12,000 polling stations though several hitches were reported in places around the country. Voters in Louga, Thies, Koalack and in the restless province of Casamance complained of not receiving their voting cards in time. In some areas in the province, voting materials like ballot boxes and indelible ink did not arrive until eight hours after voting started. However many of the about 2 500 election observers say, this was more due to general incompetence by the electoral authorities than deliberate sabotage. Generally, voting went peacefully throughout the country, a Gambian observer told The Gambia Journal. However, some sabotage attempts came from the provinces rudderless rebel forces in Casamance. Elements believed to be from the separatist MFDC rebel movement on Saturday 24th February were alleged to have attacked an army convoy transporting ballot boxes out to stations in the province. People from communities along the border with The Gambia, said rebels used threats to stop them from taking part in the polls. 
