Overview
- The electoral commission announced a provisional tally giving Alassane Ouattara 89.77% of the vote, with final validation expected from the Constitutional Council in the coming days.
- Turnout was reported at roughly 50%, with higher participation in the north and notably lower levels in southern and western regions considered opposition strongholds.
- Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam were excluded from the ballot—over a criminal conviction and questions about French nationality, respectively—and opposition figures have called for a rerun.
- Authorities deployed about 44,000 security personnel, imposed bans on protests, and made hundreds of arrests, with dozens sentenced to up to three years in prison.
- Rights bodies reported fatalities around the vote, with the national human rights council citing six deaths during the campaign and four on election day, while opposition groups counted seven.