Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2018

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Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2018

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All 65 seats to the National Assembly

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Leader Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Party UMP UDJ-PDD
Seats won577
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President of the National Assembly before election

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

Elected President of the National Assembly

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

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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]

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).

The Union for National Salvation is a political coalition in Djibouti.

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According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 57 of 65 seats in Parliament. The opposition Union for Democracy and Justice–Djibouti 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]

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

The Djibouti Union for Democracy and Justice is a political party in Djibouti. In the parliamentary election held on 10 January 2003, the party was part of the Union for a Democratic Change, which won 37.3% of the popular vote but no seats in the National Assembly.

The Djibouti Party for Development is a political party in Djibouti, led by Mohamed Daoud Chehem. In the parliamentary election held on 10 January 2003, the party was part of the Union for a Democratic Change, which won 37.3% of the popular vote but no seats in the National Assembly. It is also aligned with the Union for National Salvation.

Electoral system

Prior to the 2013 the previous winner-takes-all party block vote was abandoned. Instead 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]

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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Union for the Presidential Majority 105,27887.8357+2
UDJ–PDD 13,08810.927
Centre of Unified Democrats 8110.681+1
Republican Alliance for Democracy 6840.570
Invalid/blank votes4,073–––
Total123,934100650
Registered voters/turnout67.10––
Source: Presidency of Djibouti

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References

  1. ↑ Djibout - 2018 Election - Legislature Global Security
  2. ↑ Djibouti ruling party claims landslide parliamentary win African News, 26 February 2018
  3. ↑ publication des listes des candidats
  4. ↑ The 2012 amendment to art. 33 of the electoral law President of Djibouti
  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 President of Djibouti
  6. ↑ Loi n°192/AN/02/4ème L Instituant le système de quota dans les fonctions Electives et dans l’Administration de l’Etat President of Djibouti
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