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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%. His previous victory was rejected by the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, sparking a civil war which killed 3,000 people.
Several opposition candidates pulled out of the campaign, complaining that it was not free and fair. Mr Ouattara's closest challenger, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, got 9%. He is an ally of Mr Gbagbo who faces trial at the International Criminal Court.
The last vote in 2010 was bitterly contested and resulted in a civil war in which 3,000 people lost their lives. Several candidates withdrew from the poll, saying it was not free and fair.
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%. The 55% turnout was sharply down compared to 80% in 2010.
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 required more than 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off.
Mr Ouattara's campaign this year centred around his economic programme. Critics accused him of failing to foster reconciliation or reduce poverty. The BBC's Tamasin Ford in Abidjan says that, while the president has been criticised for not doing enough for reconciliation and justice, he has been praised for turning round the economy and returning Ivory Coast to the economic success story it was in the 1970s.
The 54% turnout was down from the 2010 first-round turnout of about 80%.