President Ouattara Wins Third Term in C?te d'Ivoire Presidential Election

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] Alassane Ouattara (78) has secured a third term as president in the West African Ivory Coast presidential election.

According to major foreign media, on the 3rd (local time), the Ivory Coast Election Commission announced that in the presidential election held on the 31st of last month, President Ouattara won with 94.27% of the vote, defeating three other candidates. The voter turnout was 53.90%.

President Ouattara reportedly received over 90% of the votes in most constituencies. He was elected as an opposition candidate in the November 2010 presidential election and was re-elected in 2015. Although he had officially declared he would not run again, he reversed his decision and ran after Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the ruling party candidate, suddenly passed away in July this year.

The opposition protested, citing the constitution that limits the presidential term to two five-year terms, but President Ouattara's side argued that since the constitution was amended in 2016, the first term does not fall under the current constitutional term limits.

During the presidential election period, clashes between supporters of President Ouattara and those opposing his third term resulted in at least 30 deaths, with at least 5 people losing their lives on election day alone.

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