ABIDJAN – Election observers in Ivory Coast said Monday that voter turnout was “extremely low” in parts of the country after leading opposition candidates called for a boycott to protest President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a controversial third term.Tensions surrounding the vote have raised fears of post-election violence in the West African country, where more than 3,000 people died in 2010-2011 when then-President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede defeat to Ouattara.
The opposition says more than 30 people died over the weekend.The Independent Election Commission so far has only released results from Saturday's presidential election in 26 of the country's 108 departments, all Ouattara strongholds that were won by the president as.