2005 Somaliland parliamentary election

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2005 Somaliland parliamentary election
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  1960 29 September 2005 2021  

82 seats in the House of Representatives of Somaliland
42 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Dahir Riyale Kahin Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo Faysal Ali Warabe
Party UDUB Kulmiye UCID
Leader since200220022001
Seats won332821
Popular vote261,449228,328180,545
Percentage39.00%34.06%26.9%

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Results by constituency.

Parliamentary elections were held in Somaliland on 29 September 2005. [1] They were the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the country.

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Electoral system

The 82 members of the House of Representatives were elected by open list proportional representation with the six multi-member constituencies based on the regions. The number of seats for each region was based on those used for the 1960 elections and multiplied by 2.5. [2]

Seat allocation by region
RegionSeats
Awdal 13
Maroodi Jeex 20
Sahil 10
Togdheer 15
Sanaag 12
Sool 12
Source: IRI

Campaign

At the time of the elections, the constitution limited the number of political parties to three:

A total of 246 candidates contested the elections, including five women.

Conduct

A team of 76 observers from Canada, Finland, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe monitored the polls. They described that the elections were conducted in a peaceful condition and were generally free and fair, nonetheless, the vote had fallen short of meeting several international standards.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
United Peoples' Democratic Party 261,44939.0033
Peace, Unity, and Development Party 228,32834.0628
For Justice and Development 180,54526.9321
Total670,322100.0082
Valid votes670,32299.32
Invalid/blank votes4,5850.68
Total votes674,907100.00
Source: IRI

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