UNION OF THE COMOROS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH AND APRIL 2002 =================================================================== Source: chez.com and other websites Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * PLC - Pour les Comores (For the Comoros) FIRST ROUND: 10 MARCH 2002 =================================================================== Enrolled voters: 150,867 Votes cast: 115,078 (76.3%) Invalid votes 3,795 (03.3%) Valid votes 111,283 (96.7%) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Azali Assoumani 44,298 39.8 Moustoifa S Cheick 3,759 03.4 Abbas Djoussouf 8,761 07.8 Abdallah Halifa 4,998 04.5 Said Ali Kemal PLC 11,881 10.7 Mtara Maécha 8,748 07.9 Mahamoud Mradabi 17,462 15.7 Ali Mroudjaé 4,624 04.2 Youssouf Said 6,752 06.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 111,283 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Assoumani, Kemal and Mradabi qualified for second round to be held on 14 April. Kemal and Mradabi withdrew and urged their supporters to boycott the second round. With a turnout of less than 30% (this figure is disputed), Assoumani polled more than 80% in the second round and was then declared elected. Assoumani is a former army colonel who first came to power in a coup in 1999.