Senegalese presidential candidate Macky Sall speaks at a news conference in Dakar, Senegal, February 29, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

DAKAR - A second round of election will be held to chose next president of Senegal between incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade and former prime minister Macky Sall, according to the official results of the February 26 polls released on Wednesday night.  

Wade got 34.82 percent and Sall 26.57 percent of the vote in the first round.  A total of 14 candidates bid for the highest post of the West African nation in the Sunday polls.