Præsidentvalget i Elfenbenskysten bliver sandsynligvis afgjort i en anden valgrunde. Indtil nu peger optællingen af stemmer på et særdeles tæt løb mellem de to spidskandidater, oplyser BBC News onsdag.
With about half the ballots counted, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara are both on about 35 per cent, the election commission said.
About 4,2 million people went to the polls on Sunday.
The election is seen as a key step in helping Ivory Coast heal its deep ethnic rifts.
Ethnic discord brought the country close to splitting during a civil war in 2002. A deal signed in 2007 led to an uneasy peace.
The nation’s first presidential election in 10 years was postponed six times since 2005, when Laurent Gbagbo’s five-year mandate officially came to an end, amid rows over rebel disarmament and voter registration.
If no candidate wins a simple majority, there will be a run-off on 28 November.
