Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's next president.
He has pledged to bring about "national reconciliation" in the country that has experienced three years of unrest and political turmoil.
But the triumphant win could not have been possible without his right-hand man, the charismatic opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko, who was forced to step aside from the race after a series of convictions rendered him ineligible to run.
Here is the story of Faye and Sonko, the men behind Senegal's political earthquake.