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Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 25 October 2015. Alassane Ouattara won a second term in a landslide victory over his closest rival Pascal Affi N'Guessan.
The President of the Ivory Coast is elected with a five-year mandate through a two-round system, with 50% simple majority required to avoid a run-off. According to the 2000 Constitution of Ivory Coast, candidates are limited to two consecutive terms as president. Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara, first elected in 2010 preceding the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis, stood again to seek a second term. [1]
Opposition party Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) called for a boycott of the elections in protest against the trial of former President Laurent Gbagbo by the International Criminal Court. [2] Presidential candidate Pascal Affi N'Guessan denounced the incarceration of Gbagbo and political conditions under Ouattara:
"Peace isn't only the silence of weapons. Can we say that Ivory Coast is in peace when President Gbagbo is in The Hague? With hundreds of political prisoners in jail, Ivory Coast is not in peace." [3]
Some hardliners in the FPI did not want to participate in elections as long as Gbagbo remained imprisoned, but others felt the party needed to remain engaged in the electoral process. [3]
The vote was relatively peaceful, compared to the unrest that marred previous elections, although voter turnout was down to 54.6%. [4] Outtara avoided a second round vote and won a second term in office after garnering 83.7%, in a landslide victory over his nearest rival Affi N'Guessan on 9.3%. [5]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alassane Ouattara | Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace | 2,618,229 | 83.66 | |
| Pascal Affi N'Guessan | Alliance of Democratic Forces | 290,780 | 9.29 | |
| Konan Bertin Kouadio | Independent | 121,386 | 3.88 | |
| Henriette Lagou Adjoua | Renewal for Peace and Concord | 27,759 | 0.89 | |
| Siméon Konan Kouadio | Independent | 22,117 | 0.71 | |
| Kacou Gnangbo | Independent | 18,650 | 0.60 | |
| Jacqueline-Claire Kouangoua | Independent | 12,398 | 0.40 | |
| Charles Konan Banny | Independent | 8,667 | 0.28 | |
| Amara Essy | Independent | 6,413 | 0.20 | |
| Mamadou Koulibaly | Liberty and Democracy for the Republic | 3,343 | 0.11 | |
| Total | 3,129,742 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,129,742 | 93.96 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 201,186 | 6.04 | ||
| Total votes | 3,330,928 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,301,189 | 52.86 | ||
| Source: CEI | ||||
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