Английская Википедия:2024 Comorian presidential election
Шаблон:Politics of the Comoros
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the Comoros on 14 January 2024.[1][2]
Electoral system
Until 2018, the presidency of the Comoros rotated between the country's three main islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli. The 2010 elections were limited to Mohélian candidates and the 2016 elections saw candidates from Grand Comore contest the elections.[3] The next presidential election would have seen a president elected from Anjouan.
However, a constitutional referendum in July 2018 saw voters approve constitutional amendments that scrapped the rotation system and instituted a standard two-round system in which a candidate has to receive a majority of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held if no candidate is able to win in the first round.[4] The changes also moved the next presidential elections forward to 2019 and allowed incumbent President Azali Assoumani run for a second term.[5]
The referendum led to violent protests and an armed uprising in Anjouan in October 2018, which was stopped by the military after several days.[6]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Comoros: Government Global Edge
- ↑ Comoros: Presidential elections scheduled for March 2019 Garda World, 31 December 2018
- ↑ Africa’s top trouble spots in 2019 mapped The East African, 6 January 2019
- ↑ Comoros army regains control in Anjouan after uprising: minister Шаблон:Webarchive News 24, 21 October 2018