The Ivory Coast’s Independent Electoral Commission has declared that the country’s President, Alassane Ouattara, has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or 83.66% of votes cast, the commission said. Turnout was 54.63%.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”dlq4HVuVOy5KTA1XuJO5TyqOUkstAdSC”]Several opposition candidates pulled out of the campaign, complaining that it was not free and fair.<\/p>\n
The last vote in 2010 was bitterly contested and resulted in a civil war in which 3,000 people lost their lives.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ouattara required more than 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off. His closest opposition rival, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, got just 9%.<\/p>\n
In the 2010 vote, Mr Ouattara defeated then-President Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to step down triggered months of violence in which thousands of people were killed.<\/p>\n
President Ouattara’s campaign this year centred around his economic programme. Critics accused him of failing to foster reconciliation or reduce poverty.<\/p>\n
The 54% turnout was down from the 2010 first-round turnout of about 80%.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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