2016 Comorian presidential election

2016 Comorian presidential election
← 2010 21 February 2016 (primary)
10 April 2016 (national)		 2019 →
Turnout74.48% (primary)
69.12% (national)
 
Nominee Azali Assoumani Mohamed Ali Soilihi Mouigni Baraka
Party CRC UPDC RDC
Popular vote 81,214 77,736 37,073
Percentage 41.43% 39.66% 18.91%
President before election

Ikililou Dhoinine

 Elected President

Azali Assoumani
CRC

Politics of the Comoros

Arab League Member State of the Arab League

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Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 21 February 2016, with a second round to be held on 10 April 2016,[1][2] alongside elections for the Governors of the three islands.[3] A re-run of the second round was held in thirteen constituencies on Anjouan on 11 May.[4] Azali Assoumani of the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros was elected President with 41% of the vote.

  1. ^ Massey, Simon (2016-02-18). "Presidential Elections in the Comoros: Whose turn is it anyway?". African Arguments. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  2. ^ "Comoros: Key presidential poll runoff set for Sunday, April 10". Africa News. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ Comoros: Elections difficult to fund Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine Indian Ocean Times, 10 September 2014
  4. ^ "Key presidential re-run in Comoros on May 11". Africa News. 10 May 2016.