IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Comoros

850,910	14
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
59,860	64.73%
Registered Voters (as of April 13, 2020)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Presidency of Comoros	None	Head of State
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%
Presidency of Comoros	2002-04-14	115,078	150,867	76.28%
Presidency of Comoros	2006-05-14	177,601	310,177	57.26%
Referendum	2009-05-17	173,196	334,636	51.76%
Presidency of Comoros	2010-11-07	14,382	21,429	67.11%
Presidency of Comoros	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%
Presidency of Comoros	2016-02-21	118,057	158,645	74.42%
Presidency of Comoros	2016-04-10	204,113	301,060	67.8%
Referendum	2018-07-30	185,578	301,006	61.65%
Presidency of Comoros	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%