Comoros
MOST RECENT ELECTIONS: Parliamentary
Description of Electoral System:
(Courtesy of IFES election guide)
As defined by the 2001 constitution, the presidency rotates every four years among the elected presidents from the three main islands in the Union. In the Assembly of the Union, 33 members are to serve 4-year terms. 15 deputies are selected by the individual islands' local assemblies and the 18 by universal suffrage.
Electoral Systems Snapshot
(Courtesy of International IDEA)
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| Electoral System for National Legislature | TRS |
| Type | Plurality/Majority |
| Tiers | 1 |
| Legislature Size (Directly elected, voting members) | 18, 33 |
| Electoral System for President | FPTP |
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Parliamentary Elections 2009
Legislative elections was held on 2 August 2009; they were postponed after holding the constitutional referendum that was held on 17 May 2009, that proposed to extend the current presidential term for two years to hold all elections at the same time in 2011, as well as reform the constitutional structure of the Comoros to save money. Read more
Constitutional Referendum 2009
A constitutional referendum was held in Comoros on 17 May 2009; originally set for 22 March 2009, it was then postponed due to disagreement over the content.
The president of the Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi proposed to extend the current presidential term for two years to hold all elections at the same time in 2011, as well as reform the constitutional structure of the Comoros to save money; opposition parties and those from other islands are opposed to this, seeing it as a ploy to extend his term of office at the expense of the other two islands. The referendum specifically proposed to postpone presidential elections until 2011, to allow for Islam to become the state religion, and to downgrade the status of the presidents of the constituent islands to governors, while also allowing the president to dissolve parliament. The referendum was approved with 93.9% in favour, at a turnout of 51.7%.
Source: Wikipedia
Politics of Comoros
(courtesy of wikipedia)
Politics of the Union of the Comoros takes place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of the Comoros is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament
