Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in an election which two of his biggest challengers were barred from, provisional results show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ouattara, 83, won 89.8% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday, and businessman Jeal-Louis Billon came a distant second with only 3.09%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The landslide victory is not a huge surprise, as after being banned from the presidential race, former President Laurent Gbagbo and Credit Suisse ex-CEO Tidjane Thiam had urged their supporters to boycott the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voter turnout reached just 50.1%, according to the electoral commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gbagbo’s ex-wife Simone Gbagbo, who was allowed to contest the election, got 2.42% of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday’s results are provisional and the final outcome will be announced by the Constitutional Council after it rules on any election petitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, the opposition group made up of Gbagbo and Thiam’s parties denounced the election as a “civilian coup d’etat,” saying they would not recognise Ouattara as a validly elected leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ouattara first assumed the presidency in 2011, following Laurent Gbagbo’s arrest after his refusal to accept defeat in the 2010 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ouattara was originally restricted to serving two terms, but a 2016 constitutional overhaul allowed him to seek re-election in 2020, in a vote that was boycotted by the opposition.-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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