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| Ivory Coast election: Alassane Ouattara wins second term | Ivory Coast election: Alassane Ouattara wins second term |
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| Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say. | Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say. |
| Mr Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or 83.66% of votes cast, the commission said. Turnout was 54.63%. | Mr Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or 83.66% of votes cast, the commission said. Turnout was 54.63%. |
| Several opposition candidates pulled out of the campaign, complaining that it was not free and fair. | Several opposition candidates pulled out of the campaign, complaining that it was not free and fair. |
| The last vote in 2010 was bitterly contested and resulted in a civil war in which 3,000 people lost their lives. | The last vote in 2010 was bitterly contested and resulted in a civil war in which 3,000 people lost their lives. |
| Mr Ouattara required more than 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off. His closest opposition rival, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, got just 9%. | |
| In the 2010 vote Mr Ouattara defeated then-President Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to step down triggered months of violence in which thousands of people were killed. | |
| Mr Ouattara's campaign this year centred around his economic programme. Critics accused him of failing to foster reconciliation or reduce poverty. | |
| The 54% turnout was down from the 2010 first-round turnout of about 80%. |