Election results in Comoros show that the ruling party has won 28 out of 33 seats in Parliament. That means the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros party of President Azali Assoumani retains its majority in the Indian Ocean archipelago.

Comoros is holding a parliamentary election that some opposition leaders have pledged to boycott. They accuse President Azali Assoumani and his ruling party of adopting an increasingly authoritarian stance and have raised concerns over the integrity of the vote.

That means the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros party of President Azali Assoumani retained its ... off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar. It has been beset by a series of military ...

Comoros President Azali Assoumani's party has won 28 of the 33 seats in parliament, including one taken by his son, the electoral commission announced.

Comoros held a parliamentary election Sunday that some opposition leaders pledged to boycott, accusing President Azali Assoumani and his ruling party of adopting an increasingly authoritarian stance and raising concerns over the integrity of the vote.

Voters in Comoros were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect the Indian Ocean archipelago's 33-seat parliament, a year after the re-election of President Azali Assoumani in a poll which the opposition alleged was marred by widespread irregularities.