Comorian presidential election, 1990

Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 4 March 1990, with a second round on 11 March. The elections had originally been scheduled for January, but were postponed, resulting in demonstrations. Elections were held on 18 February, but were abandoned due to fraud allegations.^[1]

Although Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim of the opposition National Union for Democracy in the Comoros 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	National Union for Democracy in the Comoros	47,329	24.4	84,178	44.9
Said Mohamed Djohar	Comorian Union for Progress	44,845	23.1	103,000	55.1
Saïd Ali Kemal	Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party	26,656	13.7
Abbas Djoussouf	Movement for Democracy and Progress	26,379	13.6
Moustoifa Said Cheikh	Democratic Front of the Comoros	17,739	9.1
Ali Mroudjaé	Comorian Party for Democracy and Progress	8,867	4.6
Mohamed Hassanali	Comorian Popular Front	8,867	4.6
Mohamed Ali Mbalia	Socialist Party of the Comoros	4,989	2.6
Invalid/blank votes		2,753	–	2,652	–
Total		198,370	100	190,074	100
Registered voters/turnout		310,925	63.7	315,391	60.2
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 0-19-829645-2