2021 Somaliland parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Somaliland in May 2021, alongside local district elections.[2]
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The elections have been tentatively scheduled and postponed numerous times since the last parliamentary polls in 2005.[3] Most recently, the vote was scheduled for March, and then August, 2019, before the National Electoral Commission declared it could not be held that year.[4]
On 12 July 2020, Somaliland's three main political parties reached an agreement to hold parliamentary and local elections by the end of the year.[5][6] After several weeks of negotiations with the National Electoral Commission on the practicability of organizing elections in that time, a revised date of May 2021 was settled on.[7][8]
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.
References
- https://www.somalilandpresidency.com/somaliland-national-electoral-commission-to-slate-election-schedule/
- "Somaliland: Major Election Stakeholders Concur on May 2021 Polls". Somaliland Sun. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- Somaliland votes next week. Its biggest challenges come after the election. The Washington Post, 10 November 2017
- "Parliamentary election may be delayed more than a year in Somaliland". 15 August 2019.
- "Somaliland's political parties agreement - Somalia". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "Somaliland: Political Parties Order NEC to Prepare a Late 2020 Election Schedule within a Fortnight". Somaliland Sun. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "Major stakeholders unable to reach a truce on Somaliland's election date". Somaliland.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "Somaliland political parties strike deal with Electoral Commission over elections". Garowe Online. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.