Elections in 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

Main article: Mahoran legislative election, 2004

 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

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system