2020 Ivorian presidential election

Presidential elections will be held in Ivory Coast on 31 October 2020.

2020 Ivorian general election

31 October 2020

Nominee Alassane Ouattara Pascal Affi N'Guessan Mamadou Koulibaly Party RDR FPI LIDER Alliance RHDP AFD   Nominee Henri Konan Bédié Gnangbo Kacou Marcel Amon-Tanoh Party PDCI–RDA Independent Independent

President before election Alassane Ouattara RDR Elected President TBD

Electoral system

The President of Ivory Coast will be elected for a five-year term using the two-round system. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a second round will be held. Parliament will then elect a Vice-President. According to the 2016 constitution, the President and Vice-President are limited to two consecutive terms.

Candidates

In January 2017 incumbent President Alassane Ouattara announced that he would not run again after being president for two terms (2010–2015 and 2015–2020).[1]

Former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who was living in France, announced that he would contest the elections. However, on 29 April 2020 he was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison and given a $7.6 million (£6.1 million) fine.[2] Soro's lawyers claimed this was an attempt to prevent him taking part in the election.[2][3]

In March 2020, the ruling Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace party chose Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly as their candidate. However, Coulibaly died on 8 July.[4]

References

1. "Politics Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara vows to step down in 2020". International Business Times. 5 January 2017.
2. "Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro fined $7m in absentia". Yahoo News. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "Guillaume Soro: 20 year sentence is 'attempt at political execution'". The Africa Report.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
4. Ivory Coast's prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies at 61 Reuters, 8 July 2020