1990 Ivorian presidential election

none Ivory Coast 28 October 1990 presidential 1985 Ivorian presidential election 1985 1995 Ivorian presidential election 1995 69.16% Félix Houphouët-Boigny President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan with President Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Ivory Coast and Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny (cropped).jpg Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally 2,445,365 81.68% Laurent Gbagbo Laurent Gbagbo 2007 crop.jpg Ivorian Popular Front 548,441 18.32% President Félix Houphouët-Boigny Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally Félix Houphouët-Boigny Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 28 October 1990. They were the first multi-candidate presidential election in Ivorian history.Widner Jennifer A. 1991 The 1990 Elections in Côte d'Ivoire https://www.jstor.org/stable/1166771 Issue: A Journal of Opinion 20 1 31–40 10.2307/1166771 0047-1607 subscription Opposition parties were legalized by authoritarian leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny, on 3 May 1990. For the first time, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president since independence in 1960, faced an opponent in longtime dissident Laurent Gbagbo, who had just returned from exile two years earlier. In an election married by violence and allegations of cheating and ballot stuffing,Noble Kenneth B. 1990-10-30 President Leads in Ivory Coast Election https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/world/president-leads-in-ivory-coast-election.html The New York Times en-US 0362-43311991 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/225614 Journal of Democracy 2 1 113–116 1086-3214 Houphouët-Boigny was elected to a seventh five-year term, receiving 82% of the vote. Voter turnout was 69%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p311 0-19-829645-2 Houphouët-Boigny died on 7 December 1993, three years into his term. In line with the constitution, National Assembly president Henri Konan Bédié served as acting president for the remainder of Houphouët-Boigny's term. Bédié was elected president in his own right in 1995. Results Félix Houphouët-Boigny Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally 2445365 Laurent Gbagbo Ivorian Popular Front 548441 55327 4408808 Nohlen et al. References Ivory Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Ivory Coast