Comorian presidential election, 2002

Presidential elections were held in the Comoros in 2002. In accordance with the new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year, the island of Grande Comore was to provide the candidates for this election as part of a rotation agreement between the three islands. A first round was held on Grande Comore on 17 March, after which the top three candidates, Azali Assoumani, Mahamoud Mradabi and Saïd Ali Kemal went through to a second, national round of voting on 14 April. However, both Mradabi and Kemal boycotted the second round, leaving first round winning Assoumani as the only candidate.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Azali Assoumani	Independent	44,298	39.81	81,551	100
Mahamoud Mradabi	Shawiri	17,462	15.69
Saïd Ali Kemal	Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party	11,881	10.68
Abbas Djoussouf	Movement for Democracy and Progress	8,761	7.87
Mtara Maécha	National Rally for Development–Renewal	8,748	7.86
Youssouf Saïd	Djawabu	6,752	6.07
Abdallah Halifa	Hope 2000	4,998	4.49
Ali Mroudjaé	Comorian Party for Democracy and Progress	4,624	4.16
Mustapha Saïd Cheikh	Democratic Front of the Comoros	3,759	3.38
Invalid/blank votes		3,795	–	5,700	–
Total		115,078	100	87,251	100
Registered voters/turnout		150,867	76.28	223,396	39.06
Source: African Elections Database

References

1. Elections in the Comoros African Elections Database