Ivory Coast’s legislative elections concluded on Saturday, with low voter turnout after opposition groups called for a boycott.
Two months prior to the election, 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara was elected president, extending his 14-year tenure.
Less than 100 of the 400 individuals listed on the election roll in the Yopougon and Plateau districts of Abidjan cast ballots, according to AFP journalists.
The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) said early on Sunday the provisional participation rate was 32.35 percent, lower than the previous legislative elections in 2021 when turnout was 37.88 percent.
More than eight million people are registered to vote for members of the national assembly, where lawmakers from the ruling party currently hold a majority.
Elections in Ivory Coast are often marred by political tensions or violence, and more than 40,000 security force personnel deployed for the presidential election in late October had been maintained for Saturday’s polls.
“There have been scuffles, but they were indeed brought under control by our law enforcement officers,” Ibrahime Kuibiert Coulibaly, the head of the independent electoral commission, told reporters.
“These incidents are so minor that they do not affect the proper conduct of the process,” he added, without giving details.
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