France, March 18 -- Nearly 8.7 million voters are on the provisional electoral roll in Cote d'Ivoire this year, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced on Monday. The IEC officially submitted this list to the political parties. Despite this move, the opposition continues to demand a further revision of the electoral roll before the presidential election on 25 October.

Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert, the president of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), said he is conducting a "mid-term review" of the electoral process.

According to data reviewed and corrected by the IEC, there are currently 8.7 million voters on the provisional list, including nearly 769,757 new registrations.

This list for electoral roll is provisiona...