UNION OF THE COMOROS LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF APRIL 2004 =================================================================== Elections to the Assemblée Fédérale (Federal assembly) Sources: comores online, jeune afrique, chez.com and other websites The Federal Assembly of the Union of the Comoros consists of 32 members. Of these, 18 are elected directly from single-member constituencies. The remaining 15 are chosen by the legislatures of the three islands which constitute the Union: Anjouan, Mwali and Ngazidja (Grande Comore), with five being chosen from each island. Candidates who polled 50% of the vote in the first round on 18 April were elected. In constituencies where no candidate polled 50% of the vote, a second round of voting was held on 25 April. Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * CRC - Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores (Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros) The party of President Azali Assoumani, which favours more centralised government. * CdÎA - Camp des Îles Autonomes (Camp of the Autonomous Islands) Not a formal party but a coalition of opposition parties organised by the presidents of the three federated islands and opposed to President Assoumani. The group on Ngazidja is called Mdjidjengo (Autonomy). Complete results of the elections have not yet been published. Media reports agree that the supporters of President Assoumani were heavily defeated, winning no seats in Anjouan or Mwali, and only six of nine seats in Assoumani's home base of Ngazidja. Since the opposition controls the legislatures of all three of islands, the majority of the 15 members to be chosen by them will presumably also be opposition supporters. The opposition would thus control the federal legislature by 27 to 6. The following table shows those results currently findable. SUMMARY OF ELECTED CANDIDATES =================================================================== Circumscription Elected Party ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anjouan 1st Anrifidine Abdou BACAR CdÎA Anjouan 2nd Maanrouf MOHAMED EL ANRIF CdÎA Anjouan 3rd Attoumane ALLAOUI CdÎA Anjouan 4th Nourdine MIDILADJI CdÎA Anjouan 5th Bacar HOUMADI CdÎA Anjouan 6th Djandi AHAMADI CdÎA Anjouan 7th Mohamed DJAANFARI CdÎA Mwali 1st Mohamed Larif OUKACHA CdÎA Mwali 2nd Said Dhoifir BOUNOU CdÎA Ngazidja 1st Houmed MSAIDIÉ CRC Ngazidja 2nd Assoumani Youssouf MODOHA CRC Ngazidja 3rd Said Ali KEMAL ED-DINE CdÎA Ngazidja 4th Cheikh Ali Bakar KASSIM CdÎA Ngazidja 5th Moumini ABDOU CdÎA Ngazidja 6th Badaoui Mohamed CHATUR CRC Ngazidja 7th Abdou SOEFOU CRC Ngazidja 8th Mohamed El-Amine SOUEF CRC Ngazidja 9th Charif MAOULANA CRC Some media sources say that one of the members identified here as being a CdÎA member is in fact an independent member, but do not say which one. VOTING BY CIRCUMSCRIPTION =================================================================== ANJOUAN =================================================================== 1st Circumscription (Bandrani, Mjimandra) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anrifidine Abdou BACAR CdÎA Bacari Ahmed Ahamed Chadhouli Abdul Youssouf Ben Ali Saindoune Ben Ali ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Circumscription (Page Mutsamudu, Mirontsy) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maanrouf Mohamed El Anrif CdÎA 1,882 27.9 M'dama Missubah 891 13.4 Hassane Abdallah Ibrahim 606 09.1 Loutfi Soulaimane 836 12.5 Moutui Abdou Salam 574 08.6 Ahmed Aboubacar 820 12.3 Saindoune Ben Ali 1,075 16.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,684 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maanrouf MOHAMED EL ANRIF CdÎA 5,220 72.9 Saindoune Ben Ali 1,937 27.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,157 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Circumscription (Ouani, Barakani, Jimilimé) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdallah Bacar Attoumane ALLAOUI CdÎA Chocolat Ben Allaoui Ahamadi Ousseni ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Circumscription (Bambao, Ngangalé) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Omar Houmadi 663 06.8 Nourdine Midiladji CdÎA 4,565 46.6 Toiher Eddine Antoy Ellah Said Ali 293 03.0 Ahmed Mohamed El Amine 1,827 18.7 Youssouf Eddine Abdou 2,442 24.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,790 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nourdine MIDILADJI CdÎA 5,867 62.9 Youssouf Eddine Abdou 3,458 37.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,325 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th Circumscription (Adda, Kangani) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Saindou Djazila 1,124 18.5 Sounihadji Soulouhou 1,565 25.7 Bacar Houmadi CdÎA 2,279 37.4 Said Houmadi 495 08.1 Ali Mohamed Ali 624 10.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,087 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sounihadji Soulouhou 2,067 36.6 Bacar HOUMADI CdÎA 3,576 63.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th Circumscription (Chiroroni, Chaweni) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Djandi AHAMADI CdÎA Omar Mahamoud Checik ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th Circumscription (Moya, Kavam) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mohamed Djaanfari CdÎA 5,316 49.6 Moustadroine Abdou 3,910 36.5 Kamarddine Abdou 594 05.5 Abidhar Abdallah 901 08.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,721 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mohamed DJAANFARI CdÎA 6,947 72.3 Moustadroine Abdou 4,205 37.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,152 ------------------------------------------------------------------- MWALI =================================================================== 1st Circumscription (Domoni) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamada Madi Bolero CRC 3,024 48.3 Mohamed Larif Oukacha CdÎA 1,649 26.3 Faïssoil Ben Mohadj 1,589 25.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,262 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamada Madi Bolero CRC Mohamed Larif OUKACHA CdÎA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Circumscription (Hamba, Djando) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Said Dhoifir BOUNOU CdÎA 2,532 53.6 Maanrifa Mahamoud CRC 2,195 46.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,727 ------------------------------------------------------------------- GAZIDJA =================================================================== 1st Circumscription (Mitsamiouli, Mboudé) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mtara Maecha CdÎA 9,218 49.9 Houmed MSAIDIÉ CRC 9,246 50.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,464 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Circumscription (Idrandra, Hamanvou) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Karani Bacari 3,953 25.4 Assoumani Youssouf Modoha CRC 6,906 44.4 Boinaïdi Abdou Elghaniou 3,744 24.1 Said Ibrahim Fahmi 942 06.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,545 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Karani Bacari Assoumani Youssouf MODOHA CRC ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Circumscription (Bamabao) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Said Ali Kemal Ed-Dine CdÎA 3,674 26.0 Mohamed Ismaela CdÎA 4,045 28.6 Daoud Halifa 3,375 23.9 Said Mouigni Youssouf 3,041 21.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,135 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Said Ali KEMAL ED-DINE CdÎA Mohamed Ismaela ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Circumscription (Moroni) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahamoud Fakridine 3,651 47.9 Cheikh Ali Bakar KASSIM CdÎA 3,973 52.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,624 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th Circumscription (Mbadjini Est) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ali Boina M'zé CRC 3,604 30.2 Moumini Abdou CdÎA 2,903 24.3 Abdoulkarim Chouaybou 2,020 16.9 Assoumani Saandi 1,448 12.1 Abdillahi Saïd Ahamada 1,957 16.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,932 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ali Boina M'zé CRC Moumini ABDOU CdÎA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th Circumscription (Hamahamet, Mboikou) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Badaoui Mohamed CHATUR CRC Mohamed Chanfiou Ahamada Djabir CdÎ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- The opposition candidate asked his supporters to boycott this Election due to irregularities. Some sources say that the election was annulled by the Commission of Ratification which oversaw the elections. 7th Circumscription (Mbadjini Ouest) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ibrahim Ali M'zimba 2,844 35.0 Abdou Soefou CRC 3,384 41.6 Mohamed Ali 1,906 23.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,134 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ibrahim Ali M'zimba Abdou SOEFOU CRC ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Circumscription (Hambou) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Toihir Ibroihima Moissi Mohamed Said Hachim Tadjiri Ahamada Mohamed El-Amine SOUEF CRC ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th Circumscription (Oichili, Dimani) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Djaé Mdahoma Moeva Ashraphe Mouhamad El-Bachir Charif MAOULANA CRC ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total -------------------------------------------------------------------