2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election

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2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election
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  2013 23 February 2018 2023  

All 65 seats in the National Assembly
 First partySecond party
  Ismail Omar Guelleh 2010.jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Party UMP UDJPDD
Seats won577
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2New
Popular vote105,27813,088
Percentage87.83%10.92%
SwingIncrease2.svg26.3ppNew

President of the National Assembly before election

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

Elected President of the National Assembly

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 23 February 2018. [1] The election was boycotted by the main opposition parties, including some of the parties in the Union for National Salvation coalition, which had won 10 seats in the previous elections in 2013. [2]

Contents

According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 57 of 65 seats in Parliament. The opposition Union for Democracy and JusticeDjibouti Party for Development (UDJ–PDD) won seven seats in Djibouti city electoral district. The UMP ran unopposed in three electoral districts (Dikhil, Obock and Arta, 18 seats). [3]

Electoral system

The elections were held using a closed list system in which 80% of seats (rounded to the nearest integer) in each constituency were awarded to the party receiving the most votes. The remaining seats were allocated proportionally to other parties receiving over 10% of the vote using the D'Hondt method. In cases where no other party received more than 10% of the vote, all seats in a constituency were awarded to the party receiving the most votes. [4] There was also a 25% female quota, [5] up from 10% in the previous election. [6]

Results

Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2018.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Union for the Presidential Majority 105,27887.8357+2
UDJPDD 13,08810.927
Centre of Unified Democrats 8110.681+1
Republican Alliance for Democracy 6840.570
Total119,861100.00650
Valid votes119,86196.71
Invalid/blank votes4,0733.29
Total votes123,934100.00
Registered voters/turnout194,16963.83
Source: Presidency of Djibouti, IPU

By region

Region UMP UDJPDD CUD RAD
 %S %S %S %S
Djibouti 80.62819.47----
Arta 100.03------
Ali Sabeh 89.55--10.51--
Dikhil 100.011------
Tadjourah 94.86---5.20
Obock 100.04------
Total87.85710.970.710.60

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  3. "publication des listes des candidats". Archived from the original on 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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  5. Loi N° 219/AN/18/7ème L modifiant la Loi n°192/AN/02/4ème L instituant le système de quota dans les fonctions électives et dans l'administration de l'Etat Archived 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine President of Djibouti
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