The Presidential Movement Alliance, supporting President Azali Assoumani (see note 1), took all seats in the Assembly of the Union, which now comprises 24 seats (see note 2). The President’s Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) took 20 seats, the Orange Party (led by Interior Minister Mohamed Daoudou) and independent candidates (endorsed by the RADHI – Rally for an Alternative of Harmonious and Integrated Development – party, led by the Minister of Economy Houmedi Msaidié) took two seats each. Four women were elected – three up from one elected woman in the 2015 elections. Opposition parties, which had demanded ‟transparent , free, and democratic” elections, boycotted the 2020 elections. In the absence of the opposition, the 2020 elections reportedly kept low profile.

Note 1:
Under the 2001 Constitution, which came into force following the 1999 coup (when President Azali Assoumani seized power), Comoros had installed a rotating presidency of amongst the country’s three islands: Anjouan, Grande-Comore and Mohéli. Mr. Assoumani won the presidency again in 2016 for a single non-renewable mandate of five years. In a constitutional referendum held in 2018, the presidential term limits and the rotating presidency were abolished.
The presidential elections, which were due to be held by 2021, were moved to 2019; a move to allow Mr. Assoumani to serve two new terms under the 2019 constitutional amendments. The Presidential Movement Alliance, led by Mr. Youssouf Ali Mlipva, supported Mr. Assoumani. The opposition parties rejected the results for alleged vote rigging.

Note 2:
Ordinance No.19-002/PR of 1 October 2019 abolished nine seats (three seats each elected by the assemblies of the three islands of the Union). Consequently, the statutory number of the Assembly of the Union decreased from 33 to 24, all directly elected.