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2000 Ivorian presidential election

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Ivorian presidential election, 2000

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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.