 In the first round, he placed first with 46.14% of the vote, ahead of the PCT candidate Théophile Adoua, who received 42.8%.Ibovi and Adoua, both pro-government candidates, therefore faced one another in a second round of voting.Ibovi won the seat in the second round with 58.50% of the vote; he was the only MDP candidate to obtain a seat in the National Assembly.