At stake in this election:       

• The office of President of Côte d'Ivoire

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alassane OUATTARA
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN
• Assembly: Côte d'Ivoire has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 225 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 225 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms.*

*Districts are both single-member and multi-member.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Candidate: Alassane OUATTARA
  • Party: Rally of the Republicans (RDR) / Rassemblement des Républicains, RDR)
• Candidate: Simeon Konan KOUADIO
  • Party: Independent
• Candidate: Henriette Lagou ADJOUA
  • Party: Renewal for Peace and Concord (RPC) / Renouveau pour la Paix et la Concorde
• Candidate: Pascal Affi N’GUESSAN
  • Party: Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) / Front Populaire Ivoirien
• Candidate: Amara ESSY
  • Party: Independent
• Candidate: Charles Konan BANNY
  • Party: Independent
• Candidate: Mamadou KOULIBALY
  • Party: Democracy and Liberty for the Republic (LIDER) / Liberté et Démocratie pour la République
• Candidate: Kouadio Konan BERTIN
  • Party:  Independent
• Candidate: Jacqueline-Claire KOUANGOUA
  • Party: Independent
• Candidate: Kacou GNANGBO
  • Party: Independent

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 22,848,945 (2014 est.)[1]
• Registered voters: 6,300,142 (2015)[2]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 11,286,457 (2014 est.)[3]
• Is Côte d'Ivoire a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)[4]
• Has Côte d'Ivoire ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 December 1995)[5]
• Gender Quota: No[6]
• Female Candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Legislators: 28 (11%) of 255 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)[7]
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 171[8]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High[9]

Disability Data:

• Is Côte d'Ivoire a signatory to CRPD: Yes (7 June 2007)[10]
• Has Côte d'Ivoire ratified CRPD: Yes (10 January 2014)[11]
• Population with a disability: 3,427,342[12]