2009 Comorian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 6 December 2009, with a second round on 20 December. The elections were originally scheduled for July 2009,[1] but were postponed until after a constitutional referendum was held in May 2009. They were then scheduled to take place on 29 November,[2] but were delayed again. The result was a victory for the Baobab Movement, a coalition supporting President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.

Comoros
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the Comoros

Member State of the Arab League

Electoral system

The elections were held using the two-round system with 24 single-member constituencies. The remaining nine seats in the Assembly of the Union were filled by appointees from the assemblies of the autonomous islands of the Comoros, Grande Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan, with each island selecting three members.

Campaign

Most candidates supporting President Sambi campaigned as the Baobab coalition, named after their identifying symbol, the Baobab tree.

Results
Party First round Second round Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Baobab Movement59,696233.2388,66050.61720
Other supporters of President Sambi5,0192.808,2964.733
Other candidates115,01964.0078,26644.744
Invalid/blank votes–––––
Total179,7301003175,2221002124
Registered voters/turnout363,967–––
Source: Adam Carr, IPU

References
  1. Comoros to hold legislative, local government elections on 2 August Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique Jet, 18 June 2009
  2. Hassani, Ahmed (8 October 2009). "Ceni : en attendant le budget" (PDF) (in French). Al Watwan. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.


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