The first results of the local elections in Côte d’Ivoire were announced on Sunday in around 100 municipalities out of the 201 at stake. The Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHPD), the party in power, leads the vote, followed by the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) and the Party of African Peoples – Côte d’Ivoire (PPA). -CI).
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The results have been revealed gradually.
The party in power in Côte d’Ivoire is in first place in most of the first municipalities whose results were announced on Sunday, September 3, after local elections that took place on Saturday, September 2 in a calm atmosphere. , according to the Independent Electoral Commission.
Until this Sunday, the results of around 112 municipalities of the 201 that were at stake this Saturday were known, and the Concentration of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHPD) party secured more than two thirds of them.
The two main opposition forces, the Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast (PDCI) and the African Peoples Party – Ivory Coast (PPA-CI), despite being allied in many localities, had only won around 15 municipalities, while the rest went to independent candidates.
Several leaders of the party in power achieved victory, starting with the president of the National Assembly, Adama Bitcogo, who won in the municipality of Yopougon with 44% of the vote.
denounce irregularities
Irregularities have been reported in these crucial elections to take control of Abidjan’s largest municipality, with 1.5 million inhabitants.
Adama Bictogo took advantage of one of the few divisions in the opposition to beat Michel Gbagbo, son of former president Laurent Gbagbo, who was a PPA-CI candidate (37%), and PDCI candidate Augustin Dia Houphouet (19%). However, the latter denounced irregularities this Sunday in a statement.
Adama Bictogo will obtain a majority in the municipal council, since these one-round elections guarantee 50% of the seats for the list he leads.
Several ministers also won, including Mariatou Koné (National Education) in Boudiali (North), Kandia Camara (Foreign Affairs) in Abobo, a large popular municipality in Abidjan, and Amadou Koné (Transport) in the main city of Bouaké, in the center of the country.
The results of the municipal elections and the 31 regional councils renewed on Saturday have been released gradually. Of the eight whose results have already been announced by the Electoral Commission, all were won by the RHDP, with notable victories for Prime Minister Patrick Achi in Mé (South) and Defense Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara in Tchologo (North).
The opposition retains some strongholds, such as the wealthy Cocody municipality in Abidjan, where Jean-Marc Yacé (PCDI) won despite Yasmina Ouegnin’s dissident candidacy within his own party. “The elections were held in a calm environment,” declared CEI spokesman Emile Ebrottié, before reading the first results on national television.
Some confrontations were reported by the ‘Aube Nouvelle’ citizen platform, which registered possible sources of conflict, but in general, the elections were carried out without serious incidents throughout the territory. In 2020, 85 people were killed in riots related to the presidential election.
These local elections will serve to assess the relationship of forces between power and the opposition two years before the next presidential elections in 2025, for which President Alassane Ouattara has not yet decided whether or not he will seek a fourth term.
Results will continue to be announced until Monday, September 4.
*This article was adapted from its original in French
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