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1990 Ivorian presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 28 October 1990. They were the first since the reintroduction of multi-party democracy a few months earlier. For the first time, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president since independence in 1960, faced an opponent in longtime dissident Laurent Gbagbo, who had just returned from exile two years earlier. Nonetheless, Houphouët-Boigny was elected to a seventh five-year term, winning 81.68% of the vote. Voter turnout was 69.2%.[1]

Houphouët-Boigny died on 7 December 1993, three years into his term. Per the Constitution, National Assembly president Henri Konan Bédié served as acting president for the balance of Houphouët-Boigny's term. Bédié was elected president in his own right in 1995.

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Félix Houphouët-BoignyDemocratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally2,445,36581.68
Laurent GbagboIvorian Popular Front548,44118.32
Total2,993,806100.00
Valid votes2,993,80698.19
Invalid/blank votes55,3271.81
Total votes3,049,133100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,408,80869.16
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p311 ISBN 0-19-829645-2