2005 Somaliland parliamentary election

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82 seats in the House of Representatives of Somaliland
42 seats needed for a majority
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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%

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Results by constituency.

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

## Electoral system

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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
Awdal | 13
Maroodi Jeex | 20
Sahil | 10
Togdheer | 15
Sanaag | 12
Sool | 12
Source: IRI

## Campaign

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At the time of the elections, the constitution limited the number of political parties to three:

* Peace, Unity, and Development Party (Kulmiye) led by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, the former President of Somaliland
* For Justice and Development (Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka, UCID) led by Faysal Ali Warabe
* United Peoples' Democratic Party (Ururka dimuqraadiga ummadda bahawday, UDUB) led by Dahir Riyale Kahin, the former President of Somaliland

A total of 246 candidates contested the elections, including five women.

## Conduct

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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

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Party| Votes| %| 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| 670,322| 100.00| 82
Valid votes| 670,322| 99.32|
Invalid/blank votes| 4,585| 0.68|
Total votes| 674,907| 100.00|
Source: IRI

## References

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1. ^ Elections in Somaliland African Elections Database
2. ^ International Republican Institute: Somaliland September 29, 2005 Parliamentary Election Assessment Report IRI

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