2024 Comorian presidential election
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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the Comoros on 14 January 2024.[1][2]
Electoral system[edit]
Until 2018, the presidency of the Comoros rotated between the country's three main islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli. The 2010 elections were limited to Mohélian candidates and the 2016 elections saw candidates from Grand Comore contest the elections.[3] The next presidential election would have seen a president elected from Anjouan.
However, a constitutional referendum in July 2018 saw voters approve constitutional amendments that scrapped the rotation system and instituted a standard two-round system in which a candidate has to receive a majority of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held if no candidate is able to win in the first round.[4] The changes also moved the next presidential elections forward to 2019 and allowed incumbent President Azali Assoumani run for a second term.[5]
The referendum led to violent protests and an armed uprising in Anjouan in October 2018, which was stopped by the military after several days.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Comoros to hold presidential election on January 14". Africanews. 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Comoros To Hold Presidential Vote On January 14". Barrons. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Comoros: Government Global Edge
- ^ Comoros: Presidential elections scheduled for March 2019 Garda World, 31 December 2018
- ^ Africa’s top trouble spots in 2019 mapped The East African, 6 January 2019
- ^ Comoros army regains control in Anjouan after uprising: minister Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine News 24, 21 October 2018
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