{"id":11416,"date":"2025-10-27T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?post_type=election&#038;p=11416"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:41:57","slug":"ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"election","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/election\/ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: var(--clr-background);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Presidential election (25 October 2025)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>82% of polling stations were accessible to persons with reduced mobility, including persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and the elderly, while 18% <strong>lacked ramps or adequate access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electoral officials verified that voters\u2019 names were on the <strong>voter list<\/strong> in 92% of polling stations observed before allowing them to vote.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>96% of voters were marked with <strong>indelible ink after voting<\/strong>, showing strong compliance with anti-fraud measures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Priority voting<\/strong> for elderly voters, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and pregnant or nursing mothers was respected in 94% of polling stations observed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27% of voters were initially redirected to the <strong>wrong polling station<\/strong>, indicating challenges with voter information or signage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: var(--clr-background);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Legislative election (27 December 2025)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Citizen participation<\/strong> was acceptable in 69% of observed legislative campaign events, with women participating at 60% and youth at 45%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security personnel<\/strong> were present in 69% of observed campaign activities during the legislative campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>42% of campaign events involved <strong>material gifts to electorates<\/strong>, a practice regulated by electoral law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 89% of campaign events, candidates <strong>informed citizens about elections and civic duties<\/strong>, and campaign posters and billboards were widely visible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No widespread violence<\/strong> occurred during the legislative campaign, with intimidation reported in only 2% of events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preliminary results were accepted unanimously in observed constituencies, with <strong>no contestation or violence reported.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11433,"template":"election","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"grantees":[88],"observer":[96,66],"partner":[10],"region":[89,52],"class_list":["post-11416","election","type-election","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grantees-centre-regional-dappui-a-la-societe-civile","observer-crasc-centre-and-est","observer-waeon","partner-waeon","region-ivory-coast","region-west-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election\/11416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/election"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grantees","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grantees?post=11416"},{"taxonomy":"observer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/observer?post=11416"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=11416"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=11416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}