Ivory Coast's Ouattara secures fourth term with landslide election win


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  • Tuesday, 28 Oct 2025

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a fourth term, votes during the presidential election at a polling station at the Lycee Saint-Marie de Cocody in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 25, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara secured a fourth term with a commanding reelection win, according to provisional results announced on Monday, an outcome that was largely expected after his strongest opponents were deemed ineligible.

The 83-year-old former international banker won 89.77% of the vote, his third consecutive decisive victory after the much closer election that brought him to power in 2011.

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