Incumbent President Ouattara declared winner of Ivory Coast election

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In powerfulness since 2011, 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara secures 4th word successful ballot that excluded 2 main rivals.

President Alassane Ouattara has won re-election successful the Ivory Coast’s presidential vote, according to provisional results.

The country’s Independent Electoral Commission announced connected Monday that the 83-year-old incumbent had won a 4th word with 89.77 percent of the ballots cast.

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Nearly 9 cardinal Ivorians were eligible to ballot connected Saturday successful a contention that excluded Ouattara’s apical rivals. Ex-President Laurent Gbagbo was barred implicit a transgression conviction, and erstwhile Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was disqualified for acquiring French citizenship.

The remaining 4 candidates were not seen arsenic viable contenders, arsenic they lacked backing from a large governmental enactment and important fiscal resources.

One of them, erstwhile Commerce Minister Jean-Louis Billon, connected Sunday had congratulated Ouattara aft aboriginal partial results showed the second with a beardown pb nationwide, winning upwards of 90 percent of the ballot with turnout adjacent to 100 percent successful bluish strongholds.

The governmental seasoned was besides up successful traditionally pro-opposition areas successful the southbound and parts of the economical hub Abidjan wherever turnout was low. In the confederate metropolis of Gagnoa, helium won 92 percent of the ballot but with a turnout complaint of lone 20 percent.

Many abstained amid wide choler implicit Ouattara’s determination to tally for a 4th consecutive term. Under the constitution, presidents whitethorn lone service a maximum of 2 terms, but the President argued his bounds was “reset” by a 2016 law overhaul.

In the weeks starring up to the election, sporadic protests broke retired successful effect to the ban connected cardinal contenders from the polls, prompting the authorities to prohibition demonstrations and arresting implicit 200 radical from run radical the Common Front governmental movement.

Electoral committee president Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert earlier enactment turnout astatine astir 50 percent – a akin level to 2020, erstwhile Ouattara won 94 percent of the ballot successful an predetermination boycotted by the main opponents.

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