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 expec

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