General Information
*Vote shares and percentages are approximate, based on final seat allocation and the total number of valid votes*
At stake in this election:
- The 18 (of 33) seats in Comoros’ Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Ikililou DHOININE (since 26 May 2011) *
- Head of Government: President Ikililou DHOININE (since 26 May 2011)
- Assembly: Comoros has a unicameral Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union) with 33 seats.
*The president is both chief of state and head of government.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve a 4-year term.
- 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). There are no nationally mandated electoral rules for the seats filled by local assemblies.
Election Note:
- On Sunday 25 January 2015, Comoros held an election for the Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union).[i] On Sunday, February 22 a second round will be held in constituencies where there was no winner in the first round.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Camp of the Autonomous Islands (CdIA)
- Leader: N/A
- Party: Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC)
- Leader: AZALI Assowmani
- Party: Front National pour la Justice (FNJ)
- Leader: Ahmed RACHID
- Party: Mouvement pour law Democratie et le Progress (MDP-NGDC)
- Leader: Abbas DJOUSSOUF
- Party: Parti Comorien pour la Democratie et le Progress (PCDP)
- Leader: Ali MROUDJAE
- Party: Rassemblement National pour le Development (RND)
- Leader: Omar TAMOU, Abdoulhamid AFFRAITANE
Last election:
- The last election for the Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union) in Comoros was held on 7 November 2010 and 26 December 2010.[ii] There were 363,967 registered voters for the election.[iii] The Pro-Union Coalition won 19 seats (of 33; including appointed seats), while the Autonomous Coalition won 4 seats, and an Independent won one seat.[iv] Results can be found here.
Population and number of registered voters:
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 395,176 (July 2014 est)[vii]
- Is Comoros a signatory to CEDAW: No.[viii]
- Has Comoros ratified CEDAW: Yes (31 October 1994).[ix]
- Gender Quota: No.[x]
- Female Candidates in this election: N/A
- Number of Female Legislators: 1 (3%) of 33 seats in Comoros’ Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union).[xi]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 159.[xii]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Not Categorized (latest categorizations are from 2014)[xiii]
Disability Data:
[i] http://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics-power/2014/11/28/president-dhoinine-left-in-the-dark,108050254-ART
[ii] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html
[iii] http://www.idea.int/vt/countryview.cfm?CountryCode=KM
[iv] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html
[v] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html
[vi] http://www.idea.int/vt/countryview.cfm?CountryCode=KM
[vii] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html
[viii] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en
[ix] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en
[x] http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm
[xi] http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm
[xii] http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hdr/2014-human-development-report/
[xiii] http://genderindex.org/ranking
[xiv] http://www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=17&pid=166
[xv] http://www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=17&pid=166