2005 Somaliland parliamentary election
29 September 2005
82 seats in the House of Representatives of Somaliland
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Dahir Riyale Kahin Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo Faysal Ali Warabe
Party UDUB Kulmiye UCID
Leader since 2002 2002 2001
Seats won 33 28 21
Popular vote 261,449 228,328 180,545
Percentage 39.00% 34.06% 26.9%

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

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
Region Seats
Awdal13
Maroodi Jeex20
Sahil10
Togdheer15
Sanaag12
Sool12
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

PartyVotes%Seats
United Peoples' Democratic Party261,44939.0033
Peace, Unity, and Development Party228,32834.0628
For Justice and Development180,54526.9321
Total670,322100.0082
Valid votes670,32299.32
Invalid/blank votes4,5850.68
Total votes674,907100.00
Source: IRI

References

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