UNION OF THE COMOROS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF APRIL-MAY 2006 =================================================================== Source: media websites FIRST ROUND: 16 APRIL 2006 =================================================================== Enrolled voters: 117,249 Valid votes 65,228 59.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ahmed Abdallah Sambi 16,973 26.2 Mohamed Djaanfari 9,419 14.4 Ibrahim Halidi 9,329 14.3 Elyachroutu Mohamed Caabi 6,949 10.6 Nine others 22,558 34.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,228 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Only voters on Anjouan island took part in this vote, since under the 2001 power-sharing agreement the presidency rotates among Anjouan, Moheli and Grande Comore, the three islands that make up the Comoros. Sambi, Djaanfari and Halidi qualified for the second round. SECOND ROUND: 16 MAY 2006 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ahmed Abdallah Sambi 99,656 58.1 Mohamed Djaanfari 23,517 13.7 Ibrahim Halidi 48,177 28.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 171,350 -------------------------------------------------------------------