Xinhua News Agency, Abidjan, October 27 (Reporter Zhang Jian) The Independent Electoral Commission of Cô te d 'Ivoire announced the preliminary vote counting results of the presidential election on the 27th. Alassane Ouattara, the candidate of the United Party and current President, won 89.77% of the votes, winning the election by an overwhelming margin. The election results will be submitted to the Constitutional Council of Cô te d 'Ivoire within three days, and will be officially announced after approval.

Preliminary voting results showed that the Democratic Congress candidate Jean-Louis Beyoncé, the Powerful Generation Movement candidate Simone Echevette Babo, the Independent candidate Ahuwa Don Melo and the Political Partnership Peace Alliance candidate Henriette Lagou received 3.09%, 2.42%, 1.97% and 1.15% of the votes respectively.

Under Cote d'Ivoire law, the president is elected by direct voting, for a term of five years, with candidates with more than 50% of the first round of votes winning the election.

At the age of 83, he served as Governor of the Central Bank of West Africa and Vice-President of the International Monetary Fund, serving as Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire from 1990 to 1993; won the presidential election in 2010 and took office the following year; and served as President of Cote d'Ivoire twice in 2015 and 2020.