Somaliland: An unrecognized state in search of legitimacy

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
		258,658	37.22	31	New
		256,524	36.91	30	+2
		179,735	25.86	21	0
Total		694,917	100.00	82	0
Registered voters/turnout		1,065,847	–
Source: , ,

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
		268,815	38.99	93	−6
		260,841	37.83	79	+11
		159,801	23.18	48	+8
Total		689,457	100.00	220	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,065,847	–
Source:

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
				305,909	55.10
		Mohamed Ali		226,092	40.73
		Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan		23,141	4.17
Total				555,142	100.00
Valid votes				555,142	98.15
Invalid/blank votes				10,475	1.85
Total votes				565,617	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				704,198	80.32
Source:

Party		Votes	%	Seats
		244,795	30.19	99
		163,789	20.20	68
		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		810,858	100.00	323
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Elections were delayed several times, and were finally held on 26 June 2010.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
				266,906	49.59
				178,881	33.23
		Mohammad Rashid		92,459	17.18
Total				538,246	100.00
Total votes				538,246	–
Registered voters/turnout				1,069,914	50.31
Source: ,

Party		Votes	%	Seats
		261,449	39.00	33
		228,328	34.06	28
		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:

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
				205,595	42.08
				205,515	42.07
		Mohammad Rashid		77,433	15.85
Total				488,543	100.00
Valid votes				488,543	97.98
Invalid/blank votes				10,096	2.02
Total votes				498,639	100.00
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Party		Votes	%
		179,389	40.76
		83,158	18.90
		49,444	11.24
	Sahan	47,942	10.89
	Hormood	40,538	9.21
	Asad	39,596	9.00
Total		440,067	100.00
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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
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