Country: | Comoros |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1996 Comorian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2006 Comorian presidential election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Election Date: | 17 March 2002 (primary) 14 April 2002 (national) |
Image1: | Azali Assoumani in New York City on September 19, 2023 - 53199606411 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Azali Assoumani |
Party1: | Independent |
Popular Vote1: | 81,551 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
President | |
Before Election: | Azali Assoumani |
After Election: | Azali Assoumani |
Presidential elections were held in the Comoros in 2002. In accordance with the new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year, the island of Grande Comore was to provide the candidates for this election as part of a rotation agreement between the three islands. A first round was held on Grande Comore on 17 March, after which the top three candidates, Azali Assoumani, Mahamoud Mradabi and Saïd Ali Kemal went through to a second, national round of voting on 14 April. However, both Mradabi and Kemal boycotted the second round, leaving Assoumani as the only candidate.[1]