2021 Somaliland parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Somaliland in May 2021, alongside local district elections.[2]

2021 Somaliland parliamentary election
31 May 2021[1]
82 seats in the House of Representatives of Somaliland
42 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Muse Bihi Abdi Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Faysal Ali Warabe
Party Kulmiye Waddani UCID
Leader since 2015 2012 2001
Last election 28 seats, 34.1% – 21 seats, 26.9%

The elections have been tentatively scheduled and postponed numerous times since the last parliamentary polls in 2005.[3] Most recently, the vote was scheduled for March, and then August, 2019, before the National Electoral Commission declared it could not be held that year.[4]

On 12 July 2020, Somaliland's three main political parties reached an agreement to hold parliamentary and local elections by the end of the year.[5][6] After several weeks of negotiations with the National Electoral Commission on the practicability of organizing elections in that time, a revised date of May 2021 was settled on.[7][8]

Electoral system

MPs are elected in six multi-member constituencies coterminous with the Regions of Somaliland, using open list proportional representation for a five-year term.

Somaliland party leaders agree on 2021 election terms

References
  1. https://www.somalilandpresidency.com/somaliland-national-electoral-commission-to-slate-election-schedule/
  2. "Somaliland: Major Election Stakeholders Concur on May 2021 Polls". Somaliland Sun. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. Somaliland votes next week. Its biggest challenges come after the election. The Washington Post, 10 November 2017
  4. "Parliamentary election may be delayed more than a year in Somaliland". 15 August 2019.
  5. "Somaliland's political parties agreement - Somalia". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. "Somaliland: Political Parties Order NEC to Prepare a Late 2020 Election Schedule within a Fortnight". Somaliland Sun. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. "Major stakeholders unable to reach a truce on Somaliland's election date". Somaliland.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. "Somaliland political parties strike deal with Electoral Commission over elections". Garowe Online. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.


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