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Supporters
of President Alassane Ouattara await his arrival in Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire, 27
September 2015. AFP Photo / Issouf Sanogo
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Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara won a blowout
poll victory and a second five-year term in office in a weekend vote intended
to draw a line under years of turmoil and a 2011 civil war, the elections
commission announced on Wednesday.
Reuters reports that Ouattara won a total of
2,118,229 votes, or 83.66 percent of ballots cast, President of the Independent
Electoral Commission Youssouf Bakayoko announced at a press conference.
Sunday's vote had a turnout of 54.63 percent, he said.
