Senegal’s president received a clear mandate from voters for a second time this year. But with that mandate comes high expectations.

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.

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 began counting votes Sunday after parliamentary elections in which the new government is aiming for a resounding majority to deliver the ambitious reform agenda that swept it to power eight months ago.

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,

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set to secure a parliamentary majority that will enable him to implement reforms needed to stabilize the nation’s finances.

The Senegalese government has claimed victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections with most of the votes already counted. It said the ruling party, Pastef, had won with a "large majority". A victory for Pastef would give President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a strong mandate to implement the radical agenda of economic and social reform on which he was elected in March.