IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Comoros

Union of the Comoros

836,770	15
Population (as of Jan. 1, 2022)	Elections in our database
338,940	64.18%
Registered Voters (as of Nov. 6, 2023)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Comoran Presidency	None	Head of State & Government
Comoran Assembly of the Union	Assemblée de l'Union	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President AZALI Assoumani (since 26 May 2016)
Head of Government: President AZALI Assoumani (since 26 May 2016)
Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union des Comores) with 33 seats

Description of electoral system:

The President is directly elected by plurality vote in up to two rounds and may serve two 5-year terms.
In the Assembly of the Union, 24 members are directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. An additional 9 members are indirectly elected by the assemblies of the three constituent islands of the Comoros. All members serve 5-year terms.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Referendum	2001-12-23	173,521	230,211	75.37
Comoran Presidency	2002-04-14	115,078	150,867	76.28
Comoran Presidency	2006-05-14	177,601	310,177	57.26
Referendum	2009-05-17	173,196	334,636	51.76
Comoran Presidency	2010-11-07	14,382	21,429	67.11
Comoran Presidency	2010-12-26	202,933	384,358	52.8
Comoran Assembly of the Union	2015-01-25	195,870	274,505	71.35
Comoran Assembly of the Union	2015-02-22	195,870	274,505	71.35
Comoran Presidency	2016-02-21	118,057	158,645	74.42
Comoran Presidency	2016-04-10	204,113	301,060	67.8
Referendum	2018-07-30	185,578	301,006	61.65
Comoran Presidency	2019-03-24	166,447	309,137	53.84
Comoran Assembly of the Union	2020-01-19	195,773	313,649	62.42
Comoran Assembly of the Union	2020-02-23	37,592	59,860	62.8
Comoran Presidency	2024-01-14	191,297	338,940	56.44

Voter Turnout

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