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2021 Ivorian parliamentary election

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Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RHDP Alassane Ouattara 49.18 137 −30 PDCI-RDA–EDS Bédié andOuégnin 16.53 50 PDCI–RDA Henri Konan Bédié 6.01 23 EDS Georges-Armand Ouégnin 4.44 8 New EPB (UDPCI) Albert Toikeusse Mabri [fr] 2.01 8 +2 FPI Pascal Affi N'Guessan 1.96 2 −1 Independents – 19.07 26 −50 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held inIvory Coast on 6 March 2021.^[1][2] The previous elections, held in 2016,^[3] saw the presidential coalition (theRally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace, composed of theRally of the Republicans, theDemocratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally, and some minor parties) win more than the half the seats in theNational Assembly.

The National Assembly is the lower house of thebicameral parliament. Of its 255 members, 169 are elected insingle-member constituencies byfirst-past-the-post voting and the remaining 86 are elected from 36 constituencies of between two and six seats bygeneral ticket voting, with the list of candidates that receives the most votes winning all seats to be filled.^[4]

Following a decree in November 2020, 30% of the total candidates from each party must be women. The decree also encourages parties to present more by providing additional public funding to those whose share of female candidates exceeds 50%.^[5]

Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) won 137 of 254 contested seats in the election, according to official results.Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast (UDPCI) claimed fraud and theIvorian Popular Front (FPI) appealed for calm. One seat remained open on March 10 because a candidate died during the campaign.^[6] The elections were peaceful and turnout was 37.88%, with 2,788,022 voters participating out of 7,359,399 registered. There were 82,184 null ballots and 34,083 blank ballots.

Patrick Achi was named interim Prime Minister on March 8, during the illness ofHamed Bakayoko.^[7] Bakayoko died of cancer on March 10.^[8]

The largest opposition grouping will mostly likely be a coalition formed byHenri Konan Bedie′s UPDCI andLaurent Gbagbo's FPI, which won 50 seats.^[6]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace	1,313,886	49.18	137	−30
	PDCI-RDA–EDS	441,602	16.53	50	–
	Democratic Party of Ivory Coast	160,599	6.01	23	–
	Together for Democracy and Sovereignty	118,570	4.44	8	New
	Together to Build (UDPCI,FPI and allies)	53,826	2.01	8	+2
	Ivorian Popular Front	52,451	1.96	2	−1
	For the Republic and Democracy	2,417	0.09	0	New
	Republican Union for Democracy	2,053	0.08	0	0
	Rally of Democrats of Ivory Coast	1,810	0.07	0	New
	Rally for Peace and Agreement	1,694	0.06	0	0
	1,000 Volunteers	1,600	0.06	0	New
	Union of Democrats for Progress	1,146	0.04	0	0
	Party for African Integration	1,016	0.04	0	New
	RPC-PAIX–GP-PAIX	911	0.03	0	–
	Ecological Party of Ivory Coast	822	0.03	0	New
	Strength to the Peoples	681	0.03	0	New
	Alliance for Democracy Movement	589	0.02	0	New
	Serving Ivory Coast	587	0.02	0	New
	Democratic and Civic Union	535	0.02	0	0
	National Civic Movement	533	0.02	0	0
	New Union for Ivory Coast	464	0.02	0	New
	People's Party of Social Democrats	405	0.02	0	0
	Party for Progress and Socialism	392	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Ecological Party	300	0.01	0	New
	National, Democratic and Reformist Front	263	0.01	0	0
	Congress for an Ivorian and Pan-African Renaissance	248	0.01	0	0
	Pan-African Congress for Renewal	244	0.01	0	New
	People's Socialist Union	237	0.01	0	0
	Union for Total Democracy in Ivory Coast	233	0.01	0	0
	Union for National Progress	228	0.01	0	0
	Group of Political Partners for Peace	194	0.01	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party of Ivory Coast	192	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Democratic Front	181	0.01	0	New
	Pan-African Democratic Rally	175	0.01	0	0
	Reform is Possible	246	0.01	0	New
	Ivorian Centrist Alliance	143	0.01	0	New
	Business and Farmers Party of Ivory Coast	118	0.00	0	New
	UNITE-AMOUR-PAIX	88	0.00	0	New
	National Integrity and Conscience	82	0.00	0	New
	Democratic and Social Movement	79	0.00	0	0
	Social Democrat Party	66	0.00	0	New
	Ivorian Party of Challenges to Overcome	64	0.00	0	0
	National Congress for the Development of Ivory Coast	57	0.00	0	New
	Collective of Democratic Ivorians	55	0.00	0	0
	National Reforming Party	53	0.00	0	New
	Party of Democratic Rebirth and Development	46	0.00	0	New
	Party of Republican Democrats	43	0.00	0	New
	National Movement of Young Centrists	18	0.00	0	New
	Independents	509,513	19.07	26	−50
Vacant				1	–
Total		2,671,755	100.00	255	0
Valid votes		2,671,755	95.83
Invalid/blank votes		116,267	4.17
Total votes		2,788,022	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,359,399	37.88
Source:CEI,CEI

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