Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has won a third term in office with 94.27% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.

Ouattara has been in power for nearly a decade. Earlier, he announced he would not seek a third term, but he reversed the decision after his party’s candidate died in July.

The country’s constitution limits presidents to two terms. However, Ouattara says the two-term cap does not apply to him because of a constitutional amendment passed in 2016 that allowed him to restart his mandate.

The turnout was at 53.90%, according to the commission. The opposition, however, claimed that only 10% of Ivorians took part. The two opposition candidates who boycotted the vote – former president Henri Konan Bedie and ex-prime minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan – have said they will not recognize Ouattara’s victory. Clashes surrounding Saturday’s election have claimed at least 30 lives in the country.

“The electoral process excluded a large number of Ivorian political forces and was boycotted by part of the population in a volatile security environment”, the US watchdog Carter Center said in a statement.

The elections results must still be validated by the country’s constitutional council.