Editing Edouard Senghor (section)

===2010 Election===
Despite his political connections to the Gano administration, Senghor’s foreign education and relatively young age led to much of the international community supporting Senghor or at least declaring him the most dependable candidate. The DAP, which had been formed in 2004 was largely a social-conservative party of urban elites and thus was portrayed by Senghor as legacy colonial elitists. In addition, Voice of Action was largely a converted paramilitary with very few actual politicians but rather leaders in the Islamist movement who had been jailed. Seeing this, Senghor campaigned as the left-wing candidate, with appeals to progressive youth and the KLF constant of organized labor. In the end, Senghor won in a generally fair election with 44.8% of the vote, with Voice of Action at 20.3%, DAP at 17.5%, and the Brissiac Union Party at 15.2%. However, in the parliamentary election, the KLF maintained its control due to the DAP and VOA splitting opposition votes.  Senghor was inaugurated on June 1st, 2010 in a public ceremony at the National Stadium in Guediawaye.