Comorian presidential election, 1990

Comorian presidential election, 1990
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view · Comoros on 4 March 1990, with a second round on 11 March. It had originally been scheduled for January, but was postponed, resulting in demonstrations. An election was held on 18 February, but it was abandoned due to fraud allegations.[1]

Although Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim of the opposition Union for Democracy and Decentralisation received the most votes in the first round, incumbent President Said Mohamed Djohar of the Comorian Union for Progress won with 55% of the vote in the second round.[2] They were the first multi-party elections in the Comoros since independence.

Voter turnout was 63.7% in the first round and 60.2% in the second.[3]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim Union for Democracy and Decentralisation 47,329 24.4 84,178 44.9
Said Mohamed Djohar Comorian Union for Progress 44,845 23.1 103,000 55.1
Said Ali Kemal Islands Fraternity and Unity Party 26,656 13.7
Abbas Djoussouf Independent 26,379 13.6
Moustoifa Said Cheikh Independent 17,739 9.1
Ali Mroudjaé Independent 8,867 4.6
Mohamed Hassanali Independent 8,867 4.6
Mohamed Ali Mbalia Independent 4,989 2.6
Invalid/blank votes 2,753 - 2,652 -
Total 198,370 100 190,074 100
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Africa South of the Sahara p242
  2. ^ Elections in the Comoros African Elections Database
  3. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p255 ISBN 0198296452

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