Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara have won the legal status to enter the second round of presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire, the electoral commission announced on Wednesday. President Gbagbo, a presidential candidate from the ruling Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) took lead in the presidential election by garnering 38.3 percent of the vote while former Prime Minister Ouattara, a presidential candidate from the opposition Rally of the Republicans (RDR) was placed at the second place by getting 32. 08 percent of the vote, according to the provisional results announced by the electoral commission. The two have to face a run-off in accordance with the electoral code of the country which is expected to be held at the end of this month. Cote d'Ivoire held the West African country's first presidential elections in years, with polling stations opened on schedule on Sunday morning. The electoral commission said 5.7 millions voters were registered to cast their ballots at 20,073 polling stations at home and abroad on Sunday. The vote is significant as it is widely expected to end the country's political crisis triggered by an attempted coup in 2002 and an ensuing war. The country has yet to reunify after dividing with the loyalists controlling the south and the ex-rebel New Forces (FN) holding the north. The long-awaited vote was repeatedly postponed amid tensions and poor preparatory work since 2005, when President Gbagbo's tenure expired. As many as 14 candidates competed in the first round for the top post of the country. 