 Shortly after the election was held, Prime Minister Macky Sall, who was also Wade's campaign manager, said that Wade had won the election in the first round with about 57% of the vote, based on initial results.According to results announced on March 1, Wade won about 1.9 million votes, about 55.9% of the total.Seck was in second place with 14.9% of the vote and Tanor Dieng was in third place with 13.6%.