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By David Lewis and Tim Cocks
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. mission to Ivory Coast said on Monday the country's presidential election the day before had been conducted in a democratic atmosphere, despite isolated violence and...
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By David Lewis and Tim Cocks
ABIDJAN |
Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:12am EST
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. mission to Ivory Coast said on Monday the country's presidential election the day before had been conducted in a democratic atmosphere, despite isolated violence and disruptions.
The electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of the close election on Monday in an increasingly tense atmosphere with sporadic violence and both sides accusing the other of intimidation.
Residents in parts of the main city Abidjan reported gunfire overnight as international envoys encouraged incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and rival Alassane Ouattara to accept the outcome of Sunday's run-off vote.
The streets of Abidjan were calm on Monday, but there was less traffic. In Abobo, a Reuters witness saw a heavy presence of police and soldiers guarding the roundabout that was the scene of weekend clashes.
U.N. mission chief Y.J. Choi noted violent incidents during campaigning and on voting day but said voting had gone well.
"The second round of the election was ... generally conducted in a democratic climate," he told a news conference. "I have no doubt that the will of the Ivorian people, as expressed yesterday, will be respected."
While the election is meant to draw a line under nearly a decade of political crisis and economic stagnation, it has triggered unrest and tensions in the world's biggest cocoa grower, still split in two after a 2002-2003 war.
"Contrary to the first round which pleased all the observers, the second round has come to demonstrate the long and difficult road we still have to negotiate to bring peace back," an editorial in the state-owned Fraternite Matin daily said.
"The reunification of the country remains an aspiration."
Five members of the security forces were killed in the west of the country shortly before vote counting got under way, two security officials and Gbagbo's campaign director said. At least seven other people have been killed in the run-up to the vote.
The opposition and ruling parties have exchanged accusations of intimidation in each other's areas during voting. Gbagbo's camp said it will lodge complaints with the country's top court and Ouattara's campaign complained of systematic intimidation.
The electoral commission is under pressure to announce results as soon as they come in from across the country, and has said it will start giving partial results later on Monday.
Amadou Soumahoro, vice president of the election commission, said reports of people being blocked from voting were localized.
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Traders in London cited the tensions in Ivory Coast as a factor as cocoa futures rose, with March up $29 at $2,823 a tone in early trade on Monday.
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