General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Côte d'Ivoire
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Alassane OUATTARA
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN
- Assembly: Côte d'Ivoire has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée 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 (Assemblée Nationale) 225 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms.*
*Districts are both single-member and multi-member.
Main Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Candidate: Alassane OUATTARA
- Party: Rally of the Republicans (RDR) / Rassemblement des Républicains, RDR)
- Candidate: Simeon Konan KOUADIO
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Henriette Lagou ADJOUA
- Party: Renewal for Peace and Concord (RPC) / Renouveau pour la Paix et la Concorde
- Candidate: Pascal Affi N’GUESSAN
- Party: Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) / Front Populaire Ivoirien
- Candidate: Amara ESSY
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Charles Konan BANNY
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Mamadou KOULIBALY
- Party: Democracy and Liberty for the Republic (LIDER) / Liberté et Démocratie pour la République
- Candidate: Kouadio Konan BERTIN
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Jacqueline-Claire KOUANGOUA
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Kacou GNANGBO
- Party: Independent
Population and number of registered voters:
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 11,286,457 (2014 est.)[3]
- Is Côte d'Ivoire a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)[4]
- Has Côte d'Ivoire ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 December 1995)[5]
- Gender Quota: No[6]
- Female Candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Legislators: 28 (11%) of 255 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)[7]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 171[8]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High[9]
Disability Data:
- Is Côte d'Ivoire a signatory to CRPD: Yes (7 June 2007)[10]
- Has Côte d'Ivoire ratified CRPD: Yes (10 January 2014)[11]
- Population with a disability: 3,427,342[12]
[2] http://www.cei-ci.org/index.php