Cote d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Council Confirms Victory Of Alassane Ouattara In His 3rd Tenure Bid

The Constitutional Council of Cote d’Ivoire has confirmed the re-election of incumbent President, Alassane Ouattara with 94.27% of the vote in the presidential election.

This is the third tenure bid of Alassane Ouattara after he successfully ruled for 10 years (from 2010 – 2020).

Per accounts of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), out of a total of 6,066,441 voters, it collected 3,269,813 valid votes from 17,601 polling stations, with a participation rate of about 53.90 percent.

According to Mamadou Kone, no complaint from a presidential candidate has been registered by his institution, and no irregularity likely to compromise the validity of the ballot has been noted by the CEI.