(MENAFN) Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term after two of his main rivals were barred from running, according to provisional election results.

Ouattara, 83, secured 89.8% of the vote, while businessman Jean-Louis Billon trailed with just 3.09%, the country’s electoral commission reported on Monday. The outcome was widely anticipated, as former President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam, both disqualified from the race, urged supporters to boycott the election.

Voter turnout was 50.1%, the commission said. Simone Gbagbo, the ex-wife of Laurent Gbagbo and the only opposition candidate allowed to run, received 2.42% of the vote.

The results remain provisional, with the final outcome pending review by the Constitutional Council, which will address any election petitions.

Opposition groups linked to Gbagbo and Thiam denounced the vote as a “civilian coup d’état” on Sunday and stated they would not recognize Ouattara as legitimately elected.

Ouattara first became president in 2011 after Laurent Gbagbo was arrested for refusing to concede the 2010 election. Although initially limited to two terms, a 2016 constitutional change allowed him to run again in 2020, a vote boycotted by the opposition.

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