General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- Presidency of the Comoros
Island governor elections will take place concurrently.
- Chief of State: President AZALI Assoumani (since 26 May 2016)
- Head of Government: President AZALI Assoumani (since 26 May 2016)
- Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union des Comores) with 33 seats
- The President is directly elected by plurality vote in up to two rounds and may serve two 5-year terms.
- In the Assembly of the Union, 24 members are directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. An additional 9 members are indirectly elected by the assemblies of the three constituent islands of the Comoros. All members serve 5-year terms.
In the 2019 presidential election, Azali ASSOUMANI won with 60.77% of the vote, defeating 12 other candidates. Voter turnout was 54%.
Key Deadlines:
- Candidate filing deadline: 17 November 2023
- Voter registration deadline: 24 July 2023
Main Candidates in this Election:
- Azali ASSOUMANI
- CRC
- Incumbent
- Salim Issa ABDILLAH
- Juwa
- Aboudou SOEFO
- TSASI
- Daoudou Abdallah MOHAMED
- ORANGE
- Bourhane HAMIDOU
- Independent
- Mouigni Baraka Said SOILIHI
- Independent
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 836,770 (2022)
- Registered Voters: 338,940 (2024)
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 416,420 (2022)
- CEDAW Status: Ratified (by accession) 31 October 1994
- Female Candidates in this election: No
- Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 4 out of 24 (16.7%) in the Assembly of the Union
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.558, Medium, Rank 156 (2021)
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 54.7 (2023)
Disability Data:
- CRPD Status: Signed 26 September 2007, Ratified 16 June 2016
- Projected population with a disability: 133,883 (2022)
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