2002 Comorian presidential election

2002 Comorian presidential election

17 March 2002 (primary) 14 April 2002 (national)

Nominee Azali Assoumani Party Independent Popular vote 81,551 Percentage 100%

President before election Azali Assoumani Elected President Azali Assoumani

Presidential elections were held in the Comoros in 2002. In accordance with the new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year, the island of Grande Comore was to provide the candidates for this election as part of a rotation agreement between the three islands. A first round was held on Grande Comore on 17 March, after which the top three candidates, Azali Assoumani, Mahamoud Mradabi and Saïd Ali Kemal went through to a second, national round of voting on 14 April. However, both Mradabi and Kemal boycotted the second round, leaving Assoumani as the only candidate.

Results

Candidate		Party	Grande Comore primary		National vote
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Azali Assoumani	Independent	44,298	39.81	81,551	100.00
	Mahamoud Mradabi	Shawiri	17,462	15.69
	Saïd Ali Kemal	Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party	11,881	10.68
	Abbas Djoussouf	Movement for Democracy and Progress	8,761	7.87
	Mtara Maécha	National Rally for Development–Renewal	8,748	7.86
	Youssouf Saïd	Djawabu	6,752	6.07
	Abdallah Halifa	Hope 2000	4,998	4.49
	Ali Mroudjaé	Comorian Party for Democracy and Progress	4,624	4.16
	Mustapha Saïd Cheikh	Democratic Front of the Comoros	3,759	3.38
Total			111,283	100.00	81,551	100.00
Valid votes			111,283	96.70	81,551	93.47
Invalid/blank votes			3,795	3.30	5,700	6.53
Total votes			115,078	100.00	87,251	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			150,867	76.28	223,396	39.06
Source: African Elections Database