The Movement for the Development of Mayotte (french: Mouvement pour le développement de Mayotte; formerly the Mahoran Departmentalist Movement; french: Mouvement Départementaliste Mahorais) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the French

overseas department The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...

Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loc ...

. In the

elections in Mayotte Mayotte elects on territorial level a legislature. The Departmental Council (''Conseil Départemental'') - before March 2015 known as the General Council (''Conseil Général'') - has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in single seat consti ...

of March 21 and 28, 2004 for the

General Council of Mayotte The Departmental Council of Mayotte (french: Conseil départemental de Mayotte) is the local authority overseeing the Department of Mayotte. The legislative branch is composed of the council itself acting as a deliberative assembly, while the ex ...

the party won 23.3% of the popular vote and 6 out of 19 seats.

References

Political parties in Mayotte {{Mayotte-stub

See also

References