Elections in Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

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2000 Elections in Côte d'Ivoire gives information on election and election results in Côte d'Ivoire.

Côte d'Ivoire elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 225 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. Côte d'Ivoire is a one party dominant state with the Ivorian People's Front in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Following a peace deal between the government and former rebels in March 2007, the next elections were planned for early 2008. These elections however, were postponed to November 2009 first, and then to early 2010.

Latest elections

Main article: Ivorian presidential election, 2010

The countries election commission and UN declared the Northern contender Alassane Ouattara the winner of the 2010-election, but the Southern incumbent 'President' Laurent Gbagbo threw out half a million votes from the rebel controlled North claiming election fraud took place. Gbagbo supported has killed hundreds expected opponent and marked houses of Northerners in what can be a preparation for genocide according to the Ivory Coast's ambassador to the UN.

Past elections

 Summary of the 10 December 2000 and 14 January 2001 National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Ivorian Popular Front (Front populaire ivoirien)		.	96
Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire)		.	94
Rally of the Republicans (Rassemblement des républicains)		boycott	5
Ivorian Workers' Party (Parti ivoirien des travailleurs)		.	4
Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire (Union des Démocrates de Côte d'Ivoire)		.	1
Movement of Future Forces (Mouvement des Forces de l'Avenir)		.	1
Non-partisans		.	22
Vacant		.	2
Total (turnout 33.1%)	1,547,798		225
Source: CNE. These elections were boycotted by the Rally of the Republicans (Rassemblement des républicains)

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• African Elections Database
• Adam Carr's Election Archive