Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Ivory Coast. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Ivory Coast.| Candidates | Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Laurent Gbagbo | Ivorian People's Front | 1,756,504 | 38.04 | 2,054,537 (CC) 2,107,055 (IEC) | 51.45 (CC) 45.9 (IEC) |
| Alassane Ouattara | Rally of the Republicans | 1,481,091 | 32.07 | 1,938,672 (CC) 2,483,164 (IEC) | 48.55 (CC) 54.1 (IEC) |
| Henri Konan Bédié | Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally | 1,165,532 | 25.24 | ||
| Albert Mabri | Union for Democracy and Peace in Côte d'Ivoire | 118,671 | 2.27 | ||
| Konan Gnamien | Union for Côte d'Ivoire | 17,171 | 0.37 | ||
| Francis Wodié | Ivorian Workers' Party | 13,406 | 0.29 | ||
| Siméon Konan | 12,357 | 0.27 | |||
| Jacqueline Lohoues | 12,273 | 0.27 | |||
| Pascal Tagoua | 11,674 | 0.25 | |||
| Innocent Anaky | Movement of the Forces of the Future | 10,663 | 0.23 | ||
| Adama Dolo | 5,972 | 0.13 | |||
| N'Douba Enoh Aka | 5,311 | 0.12 | |||
| Félix Akoto Yao | 4,773 | 0.10 | |||
| Henri Tohou | Socialist Union of the People | 2,423 | 0.05 | ||
| Total (turnout 83.73%, 71.28% (CC)/81.12% (IEC)) | 4,617,821 | 100.00 | 3,993,209 (CC) 4,590,219 (IEC) | 100.00 | |
| Source: CEI, abidjan.net (CC), abidjan.net (IEC) | |||||
Template:Ivorian parliamentary election, 2001
After five years of delays, new elections were finally held in 2010. The first round of elections were held peacefully, and widely hailed as free and fair. Runoffs are scheduled for 28 November 2010, after being delayed one week from the original date of 21 November. Laurent Gbagbo will defend his post as president against former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara.
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