2000 Ivorian presidential election

Ivorian presidential election, 2000

22 October 2000

Nominee Laurent Gbagbo Robert Guéï Party FPI Independent Popular vote 1,065,597 587,267 Percentage 59.4% 32.7%

President before election Robert Guéï Independent Elected President Laurent Gbagbo FPI

Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 22 October 2000. Robert Guéï, who headed a transitional military regime following the December 1999 coup d'état, stood as a candidate in the election. All of the major opposition candidates except for Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) were barred from standing. The Rally of the Republicans (RDR) and Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RCA) boycotted the election in response to the exclusion of their candidates (respectively, Alassane Ouattara and Emile Constant Bombet) by the Supreme Court.

Guéï initially claimed to have won the presidency in a single round. However, it soon emerged that Gbagbo had actually won 59 percent of the vote--enough to win in a single round. When Guéï continued to insist he had won, a wave of protests drove him from power, and Gbagbo was sworn in as President.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Laurent Gbagbo	Ivorian Popular Front	1,065,597	59.4
Robert Guéï	Independent	587,267	32.7
Francis Wodié	Ivorian Workers' Party	102,253	5.7
Théodore Mel	Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire	26,331	1.5
Nicolas Dioulo	Independent	13,558	0.8
Invalid/blank votes		254,012	–
Total		2,049,018	100
Registered voters/turnout		5,475,143	37.4
Source: African Elections Database

Further reading

• Ayangafac, Chrysantus (2009). "The Politics of Post-Conflict Elections in Côte d'Ivoire". In Besada, Hany (ed.). From Civil Strife to Peace Building. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 33–51. ISBN 978-1-55458-052-1.