At stake in this election:

• 196 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Laurent GBAGBO
• Head of Government: President Laurent GBAGBO
• Assembly: Côte d'Ivoire has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) with 196 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 196 members are elected by universal adult suffrage to serve 5-year terms.***

*** Côte d'Ivoire will have a new unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) with 225 seats.

Main candidates in the electoral race:

• Nicolas DIOULOU
  • Party: Independent
• Laurent GBAGBO
  • Party: Ivorian People's Front/Front Populaire Ivorienne
• ​Robert GUEI
  • Party: Independent 
• Theodore MEL
  • Party: Union of Democrats of Ivory Coast/Union des Democrates de Cote d'Ivoire
• ​Francoise WOCKIE 
  • Party: Ivorian Workers' Party/Parti Ivorien des Travailleurs

Last presidential election:

• The last presidential election was held on November 27, 1995. Henri Konan BEDIE won with 96.16% of the vote. 
   

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 16,517,948 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 5,517,613 (2000)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 7,984,470 (2000)

·         Is Cote d'Ivoire a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Cote d'Ivoire ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 December 1995)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: N/A

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 19 (following 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 172 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Cote d'Ivoire a signatory to CRPD: Yes (7 June 2007)

·         Has Cote d'Ivoire ratified CRPD: Yes (10 January 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 2,477,692 (est.)