2012 Somaliland municipal elections

Local elections in Somaliland 2012 Somaliland municipal elections Somaliland parliamentary no no yes 2002 Somaliland municipal elections 2002 2021 Somaliland municipal elections 2021 2012 11 28 yes FFF500 Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party 83,15818.90% 99 244,795 30.19% DC6015 49,44420.20% Waddani 68 163,789 20.20% 355E3B For Justice and Development 179,38911.24% 40 105,105 12.96% red Umadda 37 94,689 11.68% Rays 32 83,596 10.31% yellow Xaqsoor 31 74,204 9.15% #24513D Dalsan 16 44,680 5.51% Municipal elections were held across Somaliland on 28 November 2012.Confronting the Future of Somaliland's Democracy: Lessons from a Decade of Multi-partyism and the Way Forward https://www.africaportal.org/publications/confronting-future-somalilands-democracy-lessons-decade-multi-partyism-and-way-forward/ Hersi Mohamed Farah 2015-05-29 Africa Portal 2020-05-29 Two of the existing parties, For Justice and Development and the Peace, Unity, and Development Party contested the elections alongside six newly registered political associations. Results File:Somaliland Municipal Local Councils 2012.svg Kulmiye 244795 99 Waddani 163789 68 For Justice and Development 105105 40 Umadda 94689 37 red Rays 83596 32 Xaqsoor 74204 31 yellow Dalsan 44680 16 #24513D Africa Portal By Region + Table : Votes for each political party/association by region and rank, 2012 Region Umadda UCID Kulmiye Dalsan Rays Waddani Xaqsoor Total Valid Votes Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Votes % Rank Awdal 12,477 10.90% 4 14,101 12.32% 3 39,803 34.77% 1 8,795 7.68% 7 6,465 5.65% 5 24,239 21.18% 2 8,579 7.50% 6 114,459 Marodi Jeh 28,544 9.07% 5 55,185 17.54% 3 84,834 26.96% 1 24,578 7.81% 7 19,053 6.06% 6 56,109 17.83% 2 46,360 14.73% 4 314,663 Sahil 2,362 4.13% 6 14,562 25.44% 2 21,859 38.18% 1 1,426 2.49% 4 4,026 7.03% 7 10,306 18.00% 3 2,710 4.73% 5 57,251 Togdheer 29,144 18.16% 3 9,541 5.95% 5 47,228 29.43% 1 3,185 1.98% 4 27,097 16.89% 7 38,624 24.07% 2 5,641 3.52% 6 160,460 Sool 5,241 10.61% 5 3,876 7.85% 6 16,740 33.90% 1 2,092 4.24% 3 7,039 14.25% 7 8,907 18.04% 2 5,488 11.11% 4 49,383 Sanaag 16,921 14.76% 4 7,840 6.84% 5 34,331 29.95% 1 4,604 4.02% 3 19,916 17.37% 7 25,604 22.33% 2 5,426 4.73% 6 114,642 Total 94,689 11.68% 27 105,105 12.96% 24 244,795 30.19% — 44,680 5.51% 28 83,596 10.31% 39 163,789 20.20% 13 74,204 9.15% 31 810,858 Source Africa Portal By District The following table details the distribution of the 323 local council seats across Somaliland's districts during the 2012 elections. The governing Kulmiye party secured a plurality of seats, while the newly formed Waddani association emerged as the primary challenger. Data is aggregated by region, with Maroodi-Jeex serving as the largest electoral block. Note that data for the districts of Badhan and Dhahar was unavailable for this cycle. + Table: Seats won by each political party/association by district, 2012 District Umadda UCID Kulmiye Dalsan Rays Waddani Xaqsoor Total Baki 2 0 5 2 — 3 1 13 Borame 3 3 7 1 2 4 1 21 Lughaya 0 2 6 0 — 2 3 13 Saylac 1 3 6 1 — 4 2 17 AWDAL 6 8 24 4 2 13 7 64 Baligubadle 0 1 2 1 0 2 7 13 Gabiley 1 4 7 2 2 4 1 21 Hargeysa 3 4 7 2 1 4 4 25 Salaxley 0 5 3 0 1 2 2 13 MAROODI-JEEX 4 14 19 5 4 12 14 72 Berbera 1 5 9 0 2 3 1 21 Sheekh 0 3 4 1 0 4 1 13 SAAXIL 1 8 13 1 2 7 2 34 Burco 3 1 7 0 4 5 1 21 Buuhodle* 3 2 7 — 3 2 0 17 Oodweyne 7 1 1 1 0 6 1 17 TOGDHEER 13 4 15 1 7 13 2 55 Caynabo 1 0 6 0 4 2 0 13 LasCaanood 2 3 6 1 0 4 5 21 Xuddun 5 0 0 2 — 6 0 13 SOOL 8 3 12 3 4 12 5 47 Ceel-Afweyn 1 1 8 1 3 3 0 17 Ceerigabo 4 2 5 1 2 6 1 21 Gar'adag 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 13 Badhan — — — — — — — — Dhahar — — — — — — — — SANAAG 5 3 16 2 13 11 1 51 Total 37 40 99 16 32 68 31 323 Aftermath In accordance with the Constitution of Somaliland, only the top 3 parties in the election are made legal parties and allowed to contest elections for the next 10 years. The KULMIYE and UCID parties retained their party status first gained in 2002 and Waddani became the countries newest party, having come in second in the elections. All other political associations subsequently dissolved and their elected representatives joined official parties.https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf Africa Portal 2021-01-22 2021-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20210128211248/https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf dead References Somaliland Category:2012 in Somaliland Category:Municipal elections in Somaliland