Présidentielle ivoirienne: les premiers résultats tombent, scores écrasants pour Ouattara
The first results of the Ivorian presidential election were announced by the Electoral Commission on Sunday, with overwhelming scores in some departments, often above 90%, for Alassane Ouattara, who at 83 years old is unsurprisingly heading towards a fourth term.
Nearly 9 million people were expected to vote on Saturday in this country, the world's leading cocoa producer and once again a center of stability in a West Africa shaken by coups and jihadist attacks.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) publishes the results throughout the day for each of the 111 departments as well as the district of Abidjan and the capital Yamoussoukro.
The compiled results should be known during the night from Sunday to Monday.
In the north, a region dominated by Malinke, the ethnic group of the head of state, as in every presidential election, he was a resounding success.
99.7% in Kani as well as in its stronghold of Kong, 98.1% in Ferkessedougou or 97.8% in Sinématiali, each time with a participation approaching 100% in these rural areas of the country.
Even in Dabakala, where one of his rivals from Saturday, Jean-Louis Billon, was elected deputy, the president exceeded 92%.
In the southern and western areas, where many polling stations were deserted, turnout figures were lower, but "ADO" remained in the lead.
In the wealthy commune of Cocody in Abidjan, for example, less than 20% of voters turned out, and Mr. Ouattara received 68% of the vote.
The official national turnout figure is not yet known, but the president of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Ibrahime Kuibiert Coulibaly, estimated on Saturday evening that it should be "around 50%."
These overwhelming scores and the lack of interest in the election among some Ivorians can be explained in large part by the absence of its two main rivals.
Neither international banker Tidjane Thiam nor former President Laurent Gbagbo were on the ballot on Saturday, both having been excluded from the ballot and removed from the electoral lists, the former for nationality issues, the latter for a criminal conviction.
"We are seeing a very clear divide between the north and the south. The actual turnout is lower than predicted. We can cast doubt on the legitimacy of a president elected under these conditions," Simon Doho, leader of the PDCI deputies, Mr. Thiam's party, told AFP.
- Two dead on Saturday -
This is reminiscent of the last election in 2020, where Mr. Ouattara obtained 94% of the vote with a turnout slightly above 50%, in a poll then boycotted by the main opponents.
This Saturday, four opponents faced him, but none have a chance of reaching a second round, due to a lack of support from a major party or significant financial resources.
Although the vote was generally peaceful, incidents were reported in 2% of polling stations, or around 200 locations, according to a police report sent to AFP.
Clashes broke out in several towns in the south and west, but without "a major impact on the conduct of the vote," according to Interior Minister Vagondo Diomandé.
According to a security source contacted by AFP, a Burkinabe national died in the Gadouan region (central-west) in intercommunal clashes on Saturday afternoon.
Twenty-two others were injured by gunshot or knife wounds, one of them with a "life-threatening prognosis," we learned from the same source, and security forces were deployed to restore calm.
A 13-year-old boy was killed "by a shot" from a public transport vehicle in Gregbeu (central-west), according to this source.
In total, six people have died since mid-October on the sidelines of the electoral process, including two on election day.
Ivory Coast is a country where around sixty ethnic groups of various languages and religions coexist with a large foreign population, mainly from neighboring Sahelian countries.
The presidential election is still synonymous with political and intercommunal tensions in the minds of many Ivorians, after the polls of 2010 (3,000 deaths) and 2020 (85 deaths).
Nearly 44,000 law enforcement officers were deployed across the country and the government banned demonstrations by ineligible opponents in October, making hundreds of arrests for public order disturbances in particular.
Commentaires (13)
Même s il a 200 pour-cent il est illégitime avec un quatrième mandat
Les ivoirients aiment leur pays. Wattara va les mener vers l'émergence.
Tu mens. En Côte d'Ivoire il n'y a pas de limitation des mandats. C'est légitime. Les Ivoiriens n'ont pas de moutons parmis eux
A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans GLOIRE mon cher !
Fière de mes frères et sœurs IVOIRIENS on ne change pas une équipe qui gagne , les 54% du senegal je suis désolé pour mon pays le SUNUGAL vous avez merdé en choisissent des incompétent.
Wayé yallah bakh na.
Moss dém rèk inchallah
ftg sale niak de merde
Les Africains sont des farceurs. Au Sénégal, on a notre paire d’andouilles formées par 2 jouisseurs nullards friands de milliards et de femmes. En Côte d’Ivoire et au Cameroun, on a des vieillards gloutons de pouvoir qui s’accrochent à la présidence.
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83 ans et l'autre mort vivant au sud bientôt 100ans non mais sérieux?
Trump 79, Biden 82. Macron 39 premier mandat, 47 a present. L age ne veut rien dire. Un homme d etat, qui aime son pays et a les qualites et le leadership necessaires pour gouverner, cest pas un probleme d age. La Malaisie est un parfait exemple. Ouattara mene son pays vers l emergence, tant bien que mal, et les ivoiriens se rappellent des derniers evenements et ne sont pas prets de vivre pareil encore. Merkel a fait 4 mandats et ca na choque personne. Il faut juste un vertueux qui fait des resultats.
Juste un autre chef d’état Africain typique! Rien de nouveau sous le soleil Africain.
C’est ce qui va se passer au Cameroun aussi.
😁Vraiment mes cousins il voit rien (ivoirien) moi pas comprendre
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Les ivoiriens ont compris.nous,on comprendra plus tard qu il ́ ne faut jamais se laisser conditionné par la limitation de mandat quand on a un président bâtisseur.
@Kaïz,vous voulez dire que ce sont eux mêmes les moutons?
La limitation des mandats est un foutaise et cela beaucoup de peuples l'ont compris
Le peuple ivoirien est un peuple très conscient, il n'ya que l'intérêt et l'avancée du pays qui les préoccupent et ils ne sont pas dans l'émotion, les néophytes n'ont aucune chance d'accéder au pouvoir avec ce peuple ,a ce rythme, avant 2035 même ils atteindront l'émergence et l'épanouissement, ouatara a su imposer ce qui est raisonnable sachant qu'on ne joue pas avec un pays
Afrique mon aftique toujours des simpanzin des golos
Car les autres ne sontpas competent et democrats et Patriotes
C crazy
L'afrique se reeillera quand General Degaule reviedra en vie
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