Ivorian senatorial election, 2018

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The 2018 Ivorian senatorial election will be the first senatorial election in Ivory Coast and will be held on 24 March 2018. [1]

Ivory Coast State in West Africa

Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on the south coast of West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro in the centre of the country, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.

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Electoral system

On 14 February 2018, the government of Ivory Coast ruled that the first senatorial election would be held on 24 March 2018. The government also established new rules on appointing senators, who will be elected by National Assembly members, members of municipal, autonomous districts and regional councils. Each region and autonomous district will have two elected senators. The Senate will have a total of 66 elected senators. [1] [2]

Regions of Ivory Coast administrative territorial entity of Côte dIvoire

The regions of Ivory Coast are the second-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. There are 31 regions, and each region is subdivided into two or more departments, the third-level division in Ivory Coast. Two to four regions are combined to make up a district, the first-level subdivision. The two autonomous districts of Ivory Coast are not divided into regions.

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Campaign

The campaign will be held from 19 to 22 March 2018. [3] With the opposition boycotting this election, it's expected it'll be widely won by the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace, which will present 33 lists of candidates, competing with a dozen of Independent lists of candidates. [4]

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On 13 March 2018, the Independent Electoral Commission announced 58 lists of candidates were selected for the senatorial election. These list has to be approved by the Constitutional Council. [5]


Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace --50
Independents --16
Invalid/blank votes215––
Total6,14010066
Registered voters/turnout7,01087.59–
Source: CEI

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References

  1. 1 2 "Côte d'Ivoire : les élections sénatoriales auront lieu le 24 mars" (in French). Jeune Afrique. February 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ordonnance Numéro 2018-143" (in French). Gouvernment of Ivory Coast.
  3. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire : le corps préfectoral sollicité pour des sénatoriales apaisées" (in French). Abidjan.net. 24 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sénatoriales en Côte d'Ivoire: clôture des listes sans l'opposition" (in French). Abidjan.net. 9 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Elections sénatoriales du 24 mars : la CEI rend publique la liste provisoire des candidatures retenues" (in French). Abidjan.net. 14 March 2018.
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