Parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast 2011

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The parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast 2011 took place on December 11, 2011 and ended with a clear victory for the Rassemblement des Républicains party of ruling President Alassane Ouattara . Almost 1,000 candidates and 35 parties competed for the 255 seats in parliament.

background

It was the first elections after the months-long government crisis in 2010/2011 , in which around 3,000 people lost their lives and more than a million had to flee. The crisis was triggered by the refusal of the then incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to recognize his electoral defeat by Alassane Ouattara in the 2010 presidential election . Two weeks before the parliamentary elections in 2011, the Ivorian authorities extradited former President Gbagbo to the International Criminal Court (ICC). His supporters boycotted the elections in protest against Gbagbo's extradition.

Results

As a result of this boycott, the Gbagbo party, the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), did not win a seat in parliament. The ruling President Alassane Ouattara's party , the Rassemblement des Républicains (RDR), won 127 of the 255 seats in parliament. The second largest group in parliament was the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) with 77 seats. The PDCI supported Quattara against Gbagbo in the runoff election of the 2010 presidential election. Mainly due to the boycott of the FPI, the turnout was only 36 percent of around five million eligible voters.

The allocation of a seat is currently still a matter of dispute, as the candidate died shortly before the election.

Result of the parliamentary elections 2011:
  • Rassemblement des Républicains (RDR): 127 seats
  • Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI): 76 seats
  • Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d'Ivoire (UDPCI) : 7 seats
  • Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix (RHDP) : 4 seats
  • Mouvement des forces d'avenir (MFA): 3 seats
  • Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d'Ivoire (UDPCI) : 1 seat
  • Non-party : 35 seats
    • Distribution of seats
    Political party Seats
    Rassemblement des Républicains (RDR) 127
    Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PCDI) 77
    Union pour la democratie et la paix en Côte d'Ivoire (UDPCI) 7th
    Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix (RHDP) 4th
    MFA 3
    UPCI 1
    Independent 35

    The official announcement of the results took place on March 8, 2012. Thereupon the Soro III government announced its resignation.

    course

    The election was peaceful. Turnout was not only low due to the boycott of the Gbagbo party, but also in the strongholds of Ouattara. However, it was significantly higher than in the 2000/2001 parliamentary election , in which only 33 percent had participated.

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16069569 accessed on December 15, 2011
    2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16128831 accessed on December 15, 2011
    3. ↑ a b c Parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire are proceeding peacefully. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 12, 2011, accessed December 13, 2011 .
    4. ↑ a b c Presidential coalition wins election in Côte d'Ivoire. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 16, 2011, accessed December 16, 2011 .
    5. ↑ RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVE 2011 PAR LA CEI. In: Adibjan.net . Retrieved December 16, 2011 (French).
    6. ↑ Government resigns. In: The Standard . March 8, 2012, accessed March 9, 2012 .
    7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16128831 accessed on December 15, 2011