IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Côte d'Ivoire

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

25,531,083	11
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
7,359,399	49.51%
Registered Voters (as of Feb. 20, 2021)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Ivorian Presidency	None	Head of State
Ivorian National Assembly	Assemblee Nationale	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Alassane OUATTARA
Head of Government: Prime Minister Amadou Gon COULIBALY
Assembly: Côte d'Ivoire has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) with 225 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 225 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms. Districts are both single-member and multi-member.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Referendum	2000-07-23	2,808,157	4,883,769	57.5
Ivorian Presidency	2000-10-22	2,049,018	5,475,143	37.42
Ivorian National Assembly	2000-12-10	1,740,240	5,517,613	31.54
Ivorian Presidency	2010-10-31	4,843,445	5,784,490	83.73
Ivorian Presidency	2010-11-28	4,689,366	5,784,490	81.07
Ivorian National Assembly	2011-12-11	2,070,793	5,664,377	36.56
Ivorian Presidency	2015-10-25	3,330,928	6,301,189	52.86
Referendum	2016-10-30	2,678,601	6,313,758	42.42
Ivorian National Assembly	2016-12-18	2,137,364	6,268,113	34.1
Ivorian Presidency	2020-10-31	-	-	-
Ivorian National Assembly	2021-03-06	2,788,022	7,359,399	37.88

Voter Turnout

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