Elections in Mayotte

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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.

[edit] Last elections

Main article: Mahoran legislative election, 2004

e • d Summary of the 21 March and 28 March 2004 General Council of Mayotte election results
Parties	%	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
Diverse Left	.	1
Total		19
Source: Jerome Sterkers quoting main French newspapers