Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara has been re-elected for a fourth five-year term following the 25 October 2025 presidential election, securing 89.77% of the votes, according to provisional results announced on Monday, by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI).
There was a voter turnout of 50.10%, said the electoral body.
The CEI’s provisional results indicate that out of 8.7 million registered voters, 4,292,474 cast their ballots. Among these, 105,156 were invalid, 66,588 were blank, leaving 4,187,318 valid votes.
According to the CEI, Ouattara received 3,759,030 votes, representing 89.77% of valid ballots. His opponents garnered significantly fewer votes: Simone Ehivet 101,238 (2.42%), Henriette Lagou 48,261 (1.15%), Jean-Louis Billon 129,493 (3.09%), and Ahoua Don Mello 82,508 (1.97%).
“Mr. Alassane Ouattara is therefore provisionally declared elected in the first round with 89.77% of the valid votes,” CEI President Ibrahime Kuibiert-Coulibaly stated.
Independent candidate Jean-Louis Billon conceded defeat on Sunday, 26 October, and congratulated Ouattara on his victory.
Facing four opposition candidates — Jean-Louis Billon, Ahoua Don Mello, Henriette Lagou, and former First Lady Simone Ehivet — President Ouattara, seeking a fourth term, dominated both nationally and in the Ivorian diaspora.
In Yopougon, a major Abidjan district known for its support for the opposition, Ouattara secured 86.56% of the vote, while Ehivet received 3.73%, Lagou 1.02%, Billon 3.84%, and Don Mello 3.31%.
In Ferkessédougou, a northern RHDP stronghold, Ouattara obtained 98.13%, compared with Ehivet 0.24%, Lagou 0.10%, Billon 0.71%, and Don Mello 0.31%.
In Séguéla, another northern bastion, Ouattara garnered 98.44%, Ehivet 0.20%, Lagou 0.10%, Billon 0.54%, and Don Mello 0.17%.
The opposition coalition PPA-CI/PDCI, which brings together the country’s two main opposition parties, called on its supporters to boycott the vote, denouncing the exclusion of their leaders from the race.
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo described the election as a “coup” and an “electoral heist” in an interview with journalist Alain Foka.
On 8 September 2025, the Ivorian Constitutional Council published the final list of five candidates eligible for the 25 October election, including Ouattara, whose bid for a fourth term was deemed unconstitutional by the opposition.
The candidacies of two other opposition figures, former President Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam — who had joined forces in June to demand political change — were rejected following a judicial ruling.
More than 8.7 million Ivorian voters went to the polls on Saturday, 25 October 2025, to elect the president from a field of five candidates, including the 83-year-old incumbent, Alassane Ouattara.
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