The Ivorian Senate tested electronic voting on Thursday, November 5, 2026, in Yamoussoukro during the review of four bills, marking the first practical use of this system in the parliamentary work of the institution.
The senators used a digital voting and tallying system instead of a roll call. The chairpersons of the committees announced the results of each vote in less than three minutes, according to the Ivorian Press Agency, which reported no apparent difficulties during the trial.
The Senate confirmed the use of electronic voting for one of these texts, concerning the ratification of agreements concluded with the United States under the Regional Compact Program for Energy. The bill was adopted unanimously by the members present of the competent committee.
This experiment is part of the e-Senate project launched under the authority of the institution’s president, Kandia Kamissoko Camara. The program aims to digitize several stages of the legislative work and to gradually reduce the use of paper.
The system includes electronic quorum management, digital submission of amendments, electronic voting, archiving of proceedings in a Senate Archive, and the NosSénateurs.ci platform. These tools should also help to better identify attendance and maintain a record of parliamentary actions.
Two practical training sessions preceded the test. The first took place on October 13 and 14, followed by a second session opened on October 20 to familiarize the senators with the five deployed digital solutions.
The November 5 experiment took place during the second ordinary session of 2026, opened on October 12, during which the President of the Senate had announced the gradual implementation of these digital procedures.
