At stake in this election:

• 255 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alassane OUATTARA
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Guillaume SORO
• Assembly: Côte d'Ivoire has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) with 255 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 255 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms.***

*** Districts are both single-member and multi-member. There are 205 constituencies. Elections are plurality vote in one round.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Rally of the Republicans / Rassemblement des Républicains (RDR)
  • ​Leader: Alassane OUATTARA
  • Seats won in this election: 122
• Party: Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally / Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (PDCI-RDA)
  • ​Leader: Aimé Henri Konan BEDIE
  • Seats won in this election: 76
• Party: Liberty and Democracy for the Republic / Liberté et démocratie pour la République (Lider-CI)
  • ​Leader: Mamadou KOULIBALY
  • Seats won in this election: 6
• Independent(s): Independents
  • Seats won in this election: 11

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 21,504,162 (July 2011 est.)
• Registered Voters: 5,664,377 (December 2011 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 10,092,894 (2011)

·         Is Cote d'Ivoire a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Cote d'Ivoire ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 December 1995)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 28 (following 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 172 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Cote d'Ivoire a signatory to CRPD: Yes (7 June 2007)

·         Has Cote d'Ivoire ratified CRPD: Yes (10 January 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 3,225,624 (est.)