2000 Ivorian presidential election

Election in Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire presidential 1995 Ivorian presidential election 1995 22 October 2000 2010 Ivorian presidential election 2010 130x130px Laurent Gbagbo 2007 crop.jpg Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian Popular Front 1,065,597 59.36% Robert Guéï.jpg Robert Guéï Independent politician 587,267 32.72% Wodie.jpg Francis Wodié Ivorian Workers' Party 102,253 5.70% President Robert Guéï Independent (politician) Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian Popular Front 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 (Alassane Ouattara and Émile Constant Bombet respectively) 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. Two years later the First Ivorian Civil War broke out, and the next presidential elections were not held until 2010. Results Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian Popular Front 1065597 Robert Guéï Independent 587267 Francis Wodié Ivorian Workers' Party 102253 Théodore Mel Eg Union of Democrats of Ivory Coast 26331 Nicolas Dioulo Independent 13558 254012 5475143 African Elections Database Further reading Ayangafac Chrysantus 2009 The Politics of Post-Conflict Elections in Côte d'Ivoire Hany Besada From Civil Strife to Peace Building Waterloo, Ontario Wilfrid Laurier University Press 978-1-55458-052-1 33–51 Ivory Presidential election Category:Presidential elections in Ivory Coast