Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2013

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Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2013

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All 65 seats to the National Assembly

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  Ismail Omar Guelleh 2010.jpg USN
Leader Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Omar Elmi Khaireh
Party UMP USN
Seats won 55 10
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 10
Popular vote74,016 42,897
Percentage61.5% 35.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 32.56%Increase2.svg 35.7%
President before election

Idriss Arnaoud Ali
RPP

Elected President

Idriss Arnaoud Ali
RPP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 22 February 2013. [1] After their boycott of the 2008 elections, opposition groups contested the elections as the Union for National Safety alliance. [2]

Djibouti Country in Africa

Djibouti is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).

Contents

According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 55 of 65 seats in Parliament. However, the opposition claimed the figures for Djibouti city were falsified and released alternative results which would have reduced the UMP to 34 seats and increased their total from 10 to 31.

The Union for the Presidential Majority is the ruling political coalition in Djibouti. The coalition supports the Presidency of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.

Djibouti (city) Capital in Djibouti Region, Djibouti

Djibouti City is the eponymous capital and largest city of Djibouti. It is located in the coastal Djibouti Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura.

Electoral system

In 2013 the previous winner-takes-all party block vote was abandoned. Instead the elections were held using closed list systems 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. [3]

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can (effectively) only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters have at least some influence then it is called an open list.

The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation. The method described is named in the United States after Thomas Jefferson, who introduced the method for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1791, and in Europe after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt, who described it in 1878 for proportional allocation of parliamentary seats to the parties. There are two forms: closed list and an open list.

Results

Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2013.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Union for the Presidential Majority 74,01661.555–10
Union for National Salvation 42,89735.710New
Centre of Unified Democrats 3,3892.80New
Invalid/blank votes2,345–––
Total122,647100650
Registered voters/turnout184,16066.6––
Source: President of Djibouti

Aftermath

On 26 February 2013, UNS spokesman Daher Ahmed Farah said police fired tear gas on demonstrators that were protesting the election results. 300 people were arrested. "The situation is tense," Farah said. "The opposition won the elections and the victory was denied... the numbers were manipulated." [4] The National Assembly began meeting for its new parliamentary term on 18 March 2013. Idriss Arnaoud Ali was re-elected without opposition as President of the National Assembly. 10 opposition deputies were not present. [5] [6]

Idriss Arnaoud Ali was a Djiboutian politician who was President of the National Assembly of Djibouti from 2003 to 2015. He was also the Secretary-General of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) from 2003 to 2012.

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References

  1. ↑ IOG takes risk of renewing RPP top brass Africa Intelligence, 6 October 2012
  2. ↑ Djibouti regime facing tough poll The Australian, 21 February 2013
  3. ↑ The 2012 amendment to art. 33 of the electoral law President of Djibouti
  4. ↑ http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=57197
  5. ↑ "La nouvelle assemblée nationale tient sa séance inaugurale", Agence Djiboutienne d'Information, 18 March 2013 (in French)
  6. ↑ Séance Inaugurale de la 7ème Législature de l’Assemblée nationale: Arnaoud reconduit au « perchoir » Archived 2013-04-10 at Archive.is La Nation, 19 March 2013 (in French)
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