Comorian presidential election, 2006
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{{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:
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*[[Abdourahmane Mohamed]]
*[[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]]
*[[Ahmed Mohamed Chamanga]]
*[[Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed]]
*[[Chadhouli Abdou]]
*[[Halidy Charif]]
*[[Ibrahim Halidi]]
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*[[Loutfi Soulaimane Adinane]]
*[[Mohamed Djaanfari]]
*[[Moussa Hamadi]]
*[[Nassuf Ahmed Abdallah]]
*[[Nourdine Midiladji]]
*[[Said Ali Youssouf]]
|}
===Results===
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==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]
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[[Category:2006 elections in Africa]]
[[Category:2006 in Comoros|Presidential election]]
[[Category:Elections in Comoros]]
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