2015 Comorian parliamentary election

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25 January 2015 (first round)
22 February 2015 (second round)

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24 of the 33 seats in the Assembly of the Union
17 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

71.35%

Party	Leader	%	Seats
UPDC		18.47	8
Juwa	Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi	17.99	7
RDC		10.42	2
CRC	Azali Assoumani	7.24	2
RADHI		3.57	1
PEC		1.60	1
Independents	–	24.82	3

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 25 January 2015, alongside local elections. A second round of voting was held on 22 February in the 21 constituencies where no candidate won in the first round.^[1] The Union for the Development of the Comoros emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the 24 seats in the Assembly of the Union.

Background

The term of the Assembly of the Union elected in 2009 was due to expire in April 2014, but was extended.^[2] Elections were initially scheduled for early November 2014, but in September President Ikililou Dhoinine announced that they would be delayed until 28 December, with the second round planned for 1 February.^[2] They were later delayed again until January 2015.

Electoral system

The 33 members of the Assembly of the Union were elected by two methods; 24 members were directly elected in single member constituencies using the two-round system, whilst nine members were elected by the Island assemblies.^[3]

Campaign

The campaigning period officially began on 25 December. A total of 204 candidates registered to run for election to the Assembly, whilst 353 candidates contested the council elections.^[4]

Results


Party		First round			Second round			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Union for the Development of the Comoros	33,229	18.47	2	49,079	29.07	6	8
	Juwa Party	32,373	17.99	1	34,569	20.47	6	7
	Democratic Rally of the Comoros	18,751	10.42	0	35,953	21.29	2	2
	Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros	13,030	7.24	0	17,123	10.14	2	2
	Orange Party	10,897	6.06	0	1,644	0.97	0	0
	Rally for an Alternative of Harmonious and Integrated Development	6,415	3.57	0	8,615	5.10	1	1
	Party for the Comorian Agreement	2,878	1.60	0	3,262	1.93	1	1
	Rally for Democracy and Renewal	2,865	1.59	0				0
	National Alliance for the Comoros	2,742	1.52	0				0
	Comorian Union for Progress	2,713	1.51	0				0
	Movement for the Republic, Openness, and Unity of the Comoros Archipelago	2,308	1.28	0				0
	National Union for Democracy in the Comoros	1,332	0.74	0				0
	WWW	1,094	0.61	0				0
	Djawabu Party	947	0.53	0				0
	Bassemala Party	907	0.50	0				0
	Rally for a Development Initiative with an Enlightened Youth	810	0.45	0				0
	National Rally for Development–Renewal	665	0.37	0				0
	ADD ZAM-ZAM	406	0.23	0				0
	Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party	277	0.15	0				0
	Democratic Front	255	0.14	0				0
	Mwashiwa Party	170	0.09	0				0
	MCJC	112	0.06	0				0
	Social Democrat Party of the Comoros–Dudja	86	0.05	0				0
	Independents	44,649	24.82	0	18,603	11.02	3	3
Total		179,911	100.00	3	168,848	100.00	21	24

Valid votes		179,911	91.85		168,848	91.87
Invalid/blank votes		15,959	8.15		14,946	8.13
Total votes		195,870	100.00		183,794	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		274,505	71.35		251,595	73.05
Source: CENI, CENI

Elected MPs

Constituency	Candidate	Party
Dewa	Ahmed Bacar Salim	Independent
Msoutrouni & Moimbassa	Said Baco Attoumani	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Djando	Abdallah Ahamadi	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Mledjele	Hachim Ramiara	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Sima	Dhoihir Dhoulkamal	Independent
Mutsamudu I	Bacar Abdou Dossar Mohamed	Juwa Party
Mutsamudu Ii	Abou Achirafi Ali Bacar	Independent
Ouani	Abdallah Ben Omar	Juwa Party
Cuvette	Soiffa Ousseni	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Domoni I	Mohamed Rachadi Abdou	Juwa Party
Domoni Ii	Tadjiddine Mohamed	Juwa Party
Nioumakele I	Abdou Ousseni	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Nioumakele Ii	Nassimou Ahamadi	Juwa Party
Moroni North	Ibrahim Mohamed Soule	Juwa Party
Moroni South	Mohamed Msaidie	Juwa Party
Bambao	Issa Soule Mmadi	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Oichili–Dimani	Charif Maoulana	Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros
Itsandra North	M'madi Hassani Oumouri	Democratic Rally of the Comoros
Itsandra South	Saïd Ibrahim Fahmi	Party for the Comorian Agreement
Mitsamiouli–Mboude	Ali Ahamada	Rally for an Alternative of Harmonious and Integrated Development
Hambou	Ali Mhadji	Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros
Hamahamet–Mboinkou	Soulaimane Mohamed Soilihi	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Ngouengwe	Abdoulkarim Mohamed	Union for the Development of the Comoros
Itsahidi	Hadjira Oumouri	Democratic Rally of the Comoros

References

^ Comoros: Controversy surrounding the election commission on the eve of the start of the campaign for parliamentary and municipal elections Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Indian Ocean Times, 15 December 2014
^ ^a ^b "Comoran elections delayed two months without explanation". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ "COMOROS (Assemblée de l'Union), General information". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ Comoros: The lists of candidates for the different polls published by the Constitutional Court Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Indian Ocean Times, 24 December 2014

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