Alassane Ouattara looked likely to win a fourth term as Ivory Coast president on Sunday, with early results suggesting a landslide victory in a poll where two of the main hopefuls were barred from standing.

Ouattara, 83, has led the world’s top cocoa producer since 2011, when the country began reasserting itself as a west African economic powerhouse.

Official results from some of Ouattara’s northern strongholds showed him winning upwards of 90 percent of the vote with turnout close to 100 percent.

The veteran was also ahead in traditionally pro-opposition areas in the south and parts of the economic hub Abidjan, where polling stations had been almost empty on Saturday.

The electoral commission is set to publish results from all regions by the end of the day, with a compiled tally expected late on Sunday or early Monday.

“We are seeing a very clear divide between the north and the south,” Simon Doho, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) told AFP, also highlighting a low turnout.

“Doubts can be raised about the legitimacy of a president elected under these conditions,” he added.

Electoral commission president Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert put turnout at around 50 percent — a similar level to 2020, when Ouattara won 94 percent of the vote in an election boycotted by the main opponents.