# Elections in Somaliland

Somaliland elects on national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five-year term. The Parliament (Baarlamaanka) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada) will have 82 members, elected for a five-year term. The House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida) will have 82 members, representing traditional leaders. Somaliland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

## Latest elections
### Parliamentary elections

| | Waddani | 258,658 | 37.22 | 31 | New |
| | Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 256,524 | 36.91 | 30 | +2 |
| | Justice and Welfare Party | 179,735 | 25.86 | 21 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 694,917 | 100.00 | 82 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,065,847 | – | | |
| Source: EC, Reuters, EC ||||||

### Municipal elections

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 268,815 | 38.99 | 93 | −6 |
| | Waddani | 260,841 | 37.83 | 79 | +11 |
| | Justice and Welfare Party | 159,801 | 23.18 | 48 | +8 |
| Total | Total | 689,457 | 100.00 | 220 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,065,847 | – | | |
| Source: SLNEC ||||||

## Past elections
### 2017 presidential election

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Muse Bihi Abdi | Abdirahman Saylici | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 305,909 | 55.10 |
| | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | Mohamed Ali | Waddani | 226,092 | 40.73 |
| | Faysal Ali Warabe | Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan | For Justice and Development | 23,141 | 4.17 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 555,142 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 555,142 | 98.15 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,475 | 1.85 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 565,617 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 704,198 | 80.32 |
| Source: SLNEC ||||||

### 2012 municipal elections

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | KULMIYE | 244,795 | 30.19 | 99 |
| | Waddani | 163,789 | 20.20 | 68 |
| | UCID | 105,105 | 12.96 | 40 |
| | Umadda | 94,689 | 11.68 | 37 |
| | Rays | 83,596 | 10.31 | 32 |
| | Xaqsoor | 74,204 | 9.15 | 31 |
| | Dalsan | 44,680 | 5.51 | 16 |
| Total | Total | 810,858 | 100.00 | 323 |
| Source: https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf |||||

### 2010 presidential election

Elections were delayed several times, and were finally held on 26 June 2010.
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo | Abdirahman Saylici | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 266,906 | 49.59 |
| | Dahir Riyale Kahin | Ahmed Yusuf Yasin | United Peoples' Democratic Party | 178,881 | 33.23 |
| | Faysal Cali Warabe | Mohammad Rashid | For Justice and Development | 92,459 | 17.18 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 538,246 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 538,246 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,069,914 | 50.31 |
| Source: NEC, African Elections Database ||||||

### 2005 parliamentary election

Seats :
| | United Peoples' Democratic Party | 261,449 | 39.00 | 33 |
| | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 228,328 | 34.06 | 28 |
| | For Justice and Development | 180,545 | 26.93 | 21 |
| Total | Total | 670,322 | 100.00 | 82 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 670,322 | 99.32 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,585 | 0.68 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 674,907 | 100.00 | |
| Source: IRI |||||

### 2003 presidential election

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dahir Riyale Kahin | Ahmed Yusuf Yasin | United Peoples' Democratic Party | 205,595 | 42.08 |
| | Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo | Abdirahman Saylici | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 205,515 | 42.07 |
| | Faysal Ali Warabe | Mohammad Rashid | For Justice and Development | 77,433 | 15.85 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 488,543 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 488,543 | 97.98 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,096 | 2.02 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 498,639 | 100.00 |
| Source: African Elections Database ||||||

### 2002 municipal elections

| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | United Peoples' Democratic Party | 179,389 | 40.76 |
| | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 83,158 | 18.90 |
| | For Justice and Development | 49,444 | 11.24 |
| | Sahan | 47,942 | 10.89 |
| | Hormood | 40,538 | 9.21 |
| | Asad | 39,596 | 9.00 |
| Total | Total | 440,067 | 100.00 |
| Source: African Elections Database ||||

### 2001 constitutional referendum

| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 1,148,940 | 97.10 |
| Against | 34,302 | 2.90 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,591 | – |
| Total | 1,187,833 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,188,746 | 99.92 |
| Source: African Elections Database |||