Comorian presidential election, 2006 4793426 189018316 2008-02-04T13:27:46Z Acntx 104025 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 188965171 by [[Special:Contributions/70.190.70.170|70.190.70.170]] ([[User talk:70.190.70.170|talk]]) {{Politics of Comoros}} '''Presidential elections in the Comoros''' took place in two rounds on [[16 April]] and [[14 May]] [[2006]]. ==Background== After a period of political instability that began in the late 1990's and saw the (unrecognized) [[secession]] of [[Anjouan]] and [[Mohéli]], a new constitution was approved in a December 2001 referendum. It created a union of semi-[[Autonomous entity|autonomous]] islands, each with its own constitution, president, and [[Assemblies of the Autonomous Islands of the Comoros|assembly]]. The position of union president, who is the [[Heads of state of the Comoros|head of state]] and government, rotates between the three islands every four years. A primary election is held on the island that will hold the union presidency. The three candidates who receive the most votes then stand in a nationwide election with a simple [[plurality]] needed to win. ==2002 elections== The first union presidential elections held under the new constitution were conducted on [[10 March]] and [[14 April]] [[2002]]. In the 10 March primary held on the island of [[Grande Comore]], [[Azali Assoumani]] finished first out of a field of nine candidates with 39.81% of the vote. [[Mahamoud Mradabi]] and [[Said Ali Kemal]] also qualified to participate in the second round, obtaining 15.69% and 10.68%, respectively. Mradabi and Kemal alleged that irregularities had occurred during the primary and decided to boycott the 14 April poll. As a result, Azali Assoumani won approximately 80% of the vote. ==2006 election== In the current election, it is the island of [[Anjouan]]'s turn to hold the union presidency. ===Candidates=== A total of fourteen candidates were cleared to participate in the primary by the country's constitutional court. One of the approved candidates, [[Antoy Abdou]], withdrew prior to the poll. The remaining thirteen candidates were: {| |----- valign="top" | *[[Abdourahmane Mohamed]] *[[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]] *[[Ahmed Mohamed Chamanga]] *[[Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed]] *[[Chadhouli Abdou]] *[[Halidy Charif]] *[[Ibrahim Halidi]] | *[[Loutfi Soulaimane Adinane]] *[[Mohamed Djaanfari]] *[[Moussa Hamadi]] *[[Nassuf Ahmed Abdallah]] *[[Nourdine Midiladji]] *[[Said Ali Youssouf]] |} ===Results=== {{Comoros presidential election, 2006}} ==External links== *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4909228.stm BBC News: Q & A - Comoros Elections] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4915840.stm BBC News: Comoros polls test peace plan] {{Comorian elections}} [[Category:2006 elections in Africa]] [[Category:2006 in Comoros|Presidential election]] [[Category:Elections in Comoros]] [[et:2006. aasta Komooride presidendivalimised]]