Elections in Mayotte

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politics and government of
Mayotte

Elections in Mayotte gives information on election and election results in Mayotte.

Mayotte elects on territorial level a legislature. The General Council (Conseil Général) has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in single seat constituencies. Mayotte has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Last elections

 Summary of the 21 March and 28 March 2004 General Council of Mayotte election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Mahoré Departementalist Movement (Mouvement Départementaliste Mahorais) 23.3 6
Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) 22.8 9
Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste) 10.2 -
Citizen and Republican Movement (Mouvement Républicain et Citoyen) 8.9 2
Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy (Force de Rassemblement et d'Alliance pour le Progrès) 6.5 -
Mahoré People's Movement (Mouvement populaire mahorais) 1.2 1
Miscellaneous Left (divers gauche) . 1
Total   19
Source: Jerome Sterkers quoting main French newspapers

Past elections

See also


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