Country: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1995 Ivorian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Election Date: | 22 October 2000 |
Next Election: | 2010 Ivorian presidential election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Image1: | Laurent Gbagbo 2007 crop.jpg |
Nominee1: | Laurent Gbagbo |
Party1: | Ivorian Popular Front |
Popular Vote1: | 1,065,597 |
Percentage1: | 59.36% |
Nominee2: | Robert Guéï |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 587,267 |
Percentage2: | 32.72% |
Image3: | Wodie.jpg |
Nominee3: | Francis Wodié |
Party3: | Ivorian Workers' Party |
Popular Vote3: | 102,253 |
Percentage3: | 5.70% |
President | |
Before Election: | Robert Guéï |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Laurent Gbagbo |
After Party: | Ivorian Popular Front |
Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 22 October 2000. Robert Guéï, who headed a transitional military regime following the December 1999 coup d'état, stood as a candidate in the election. All of the major opposition candidates except for Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) were barred from standing. The Rally of the Republicans (RDR) and Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RCA) boycotted the election in response to the exclusion of their candidates (Alassane Ouattara and respectively) by the Supreme Court.
Guéï initially claimed to have won the presidency in a single round. However, it soon emerged that Gbagbo had actually won 59 percent of the vote—enough to win in a single round. When Guéï continued to insist he had won, a wave of protests drove him from power, and Gbagbo was sworn in as President.