People in Senegal are voting in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the country’s president will be able to carry out ambitious reforms, six months after he was voted in on an anti-establishment platform.

Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a legislative election that the president hopes will give his party the clear majority it needs to implement an ambitious agenda for reforms. The heated campaign period has revived concerns about unrest as political rivals clashed,

A likely absolute majority for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party in Senegal's legislative election would empower him to pursue his ambitious 25-year agenda, though his first challenge will be coming up with a budget amid a fiscal crisis.

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is seeking to consolidate his grip on power in parliamentary elections. Verisk Maplecroft Senior Risk Analyst for We Mucahid Durmaz talks to Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja about the vote.

By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Expectations were growing that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party would win Senegal's Sunday legislative elections after two opposition leaders conceded while votes were still being counted.