France, June 4 -- Four prominent opposition figures in Cote d'Ivoire have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections later this year.

Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), was struck from the voter roll in April after a court ruling cast doubt on his Ivorian nationality at the time of registration.

Ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, his former right-hand man Charles Ble Goude and exiled former prime minister Guillaume Soro have been barred for years over past convictions and were not reinstated.

None of the four will be able to run in the October 25 presidential race or vote.

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