Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in the Comoros. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Comoros.Elections were held in 2004 where federal president Azali suffered a major setback by only winning 6 of the 18 seats in the National assembly, the other going to the supporters of the presidents of the semi-autonomous islands.
| Candidates - Parties | Votes in the Anjouan Primary |
% | Votes in the Union | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi | 14,568 | 23.70 | 99,112 | 58.02 | |
| Ibrahim Halidi - Movement for the Comoros (Mouvement pour les Comores)* | 6,376 | 10.37 | 48,378 | 28.32 | |
| Mohamed Djaanfari | 8,052 | 13.10 | 23,322 | 13.65 | |
| Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed | 5,877 | 9.56 | - | - | |
| Nourdine Midiladji | 5,221 | 8.49 | - | - | |
| Nassuf Ahmed Abdallah | 3,276 | 5.33 | - | - | |
| Seven others | 18,097 | 29.44 | - | - | |
| Total (Turnout 54.9% / 57.3%) | 61,467 | 170,812 | |||
| Source: African Elections Database * Halidi was also supported by:
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| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp of the Autonomous Islands (Camp des Îles Autonomes) | . | 12 | |
| Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores, CRC, Azali Assoumani) | . | 6 | |
| Representatives of the regional assemblies | . | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | ||
| Source: Voice of America | |||
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