IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Comoros

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

Chief of State: President Azail ASSOUMANI
Head of Government: President Azail ASSOUMANI
Assembly: Comoros has a unicameral Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union) with 33 seats.

The President is elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve a 4-year term.The presidency of Comoros rotates every 4 years among the elected presidents of the 3 main islands.
In the Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union), 15 members are elected by regional legislatures to serve 5-year terms and 18 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. The electoral system for directly elected seats is two-round (TRS).

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	-	-	-