At Stake in this Election:  

• The Presidency of Côte d'Ivoire 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Alassane OUATTARA (since 4 Dec 2010) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert MAMBÉ BEUGRÉ (since 17 Oct 2023) 

• Assembly: bicameral Parliament (Parlement) with a 99-seat Senate (Sénat) and 255-seat National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected via plurality vote to a once renewable 5-year term. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 

• 66 members of the Senate are indirectly elected by 33 electoral colleges, one from each region and district. The remaining 33 are appointed by the President. All members serve a 5-year term. 

• All 255 members of the National Assembly are elected via plurality vote in single and multimember constituencies to a 5-year term.  

Last Election: 

In the last election, in 2020, Alassane OUATTARA was elected with 94% of the vote. Voter turnout was 54%. 

Information for Voters: 

Comment Voter? / How to Vote (in French) 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 26 Aug 2025 

• Voter registration deadline: 10 Nov 2024 

Main Candidates in this Election: 

• Alassane OUATTARA 

• • Party: Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace / Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix (RHDP) 

• Cheick Tidjane THIAM  

• • Party: Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire – Democratic African Rally / Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire – Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (PDCI-RDA) 

• N’guessan Pascal AFFI 

• • Party: Popular Ivorian Front / Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) 

• Note: 60 candidates provisionally registered for this election, those included here are from parties which participated in the last presidential election. 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 31,934,230 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 8,727,431 (2025) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 15,687,549 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 17 Jul 1980, Ratified 18 Dec 1995 

• Gender Quota: Yes, candidates nominated by parties for the National Assembly and Senate must be at least 30% women. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 24 out of 99 (25%) in the Senate and 34 out of 255 (13%) in the National Assembly  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.582, Medium, Rank 157 (2023) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 17.3 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 07 Jun 2007, Ratified 10 Jan 2014 

• Projected population with a disability: 5,109,477 (2024 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• ElectionJudgments: Yes, 2 judgements