2020 Somaliland parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in Somaliland on 27 March 2019, alongside local elections. However they were postponed by the Electoral Commission, without a new date being set, and the Commission did not indicate when a new date would be announced. The elections had previously been postponed several times, with the previous elections having been held in 2005.[1] In August 2019 the National Electoral Commission postponed the election again, until at least 2020.[2]

2020 Somaliland parliamentary election
TBD 2020
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%

On 12 July 2020 political parties reached agreement to hold parliamentary and municipal elections in late 2020.[3][4]

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 2020 election terms
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References
  1. Somaliland votes next week. Its biggest challenges come after the election. The Washington Post, 10 November 2017
  2. "Parliamentary election may be delayed more than a year in Somaliland". 15 August 2019.
  3. "Somaliland's political parties agreement - Somalia". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. "Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 17 July 2020 - Syria, Comoros, Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-07-22.


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