EISA Somalia: Somalia 2021/2 Election Update

The Somalia 2021/2 Election Update was set up to provide regular and reliable election related information for media, political parties, civil society organisations and other interested stakeholders for 2021/2 Somali Presidential elections, as well as the House of the People and Senate elections.

Countdown to Presidential Election

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Results

House of the People

States	Total number of seats	Female	Male	Total	Remaining	Total Percentage	Women Percentage
Southwest	69	13	56	69	0	100	18.84
Jubaland	43	8	35	43	0	100	18.60
Puntland	37	6	31	37	0	100	16.22
Galmudug	37	9	28	37	0	100	24,32
Somaliland	46	13	33	46	0	100	28,26
Hirshabelle	38	4	31	35	3	92	11.43
Banadir	5	1	4	5	0	100	20.00
Total	275	54	218	272	3	99	20.14

Table source

National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) 2022.

Election timetable & key events

Election of the President: 15 May 2022
Registration of Presidential candidates begins 8 May 2022
President announces validation of Gedo region’s last 16 MPs 8 May 2022
Election of Speaker and deputy speaker for both houses house: 26 & 27 April 2022
Speeches by the Candidates for the Chairperson and Vice-Chairmen of the BFS Upper House: 23 – 24 April 2022
Registration of Upper House Speaker Candidates (Hours: 09:00 Am to 04:00 pm): 19, 20 & 21 April
Parliament holds first session 16 April 2022
FEIT swears in 280 MPs: 14 April 2022
Conducting lower house elections: 1 Nov 2021 – 31 Mar 2022
Issuing Parliamentary membership certificate: 25 Nov 2021
Awareness and Preparation for Parliamentary elections: 10 – 25 Sep 2021
Completion of Upper House elections: 5 Sep 2021 – 18 Sep 2021
Preparation & Registration of the Committee for the Selection of Delegates & Candidates for the Election of the House of the People: 25 Sep 2021

Elections dates

Presidential (indirect): 15 May 2022
House of the People (indirect): 1 Nov 2021 – 31 Mar 2022
Senate (indirect): 25 – 28 Jul 2021

Resources

Schedule of Parliamentary Elections CSOs Election Situation Room

Somalia Election Process House of the People CSOs Election Situation Room

Communiqués from civil society

Women & Politics: Overcoming Barriers fo Political Representation in Somalia

Nala Ogaada Preliminary Statement, 7 Jun 2022

Election Situation Room preliminary findings

Election Situation Room 2022 presidential elections brief

News, Insight & analysis

Interviewee: Antonetta Handimashe, Programme Manager-Peaceful Elections And Civil society Enhancement (PEACE) Project, EISA Somaliahttps://omny.fm/shows/african-dialogue/discussing-somalias-political-climate/embed

Somaliland leadership in Mogadishu releases terms and guidelines for it LH poll”, 30 Oct, [www] https://www.somalidispatch.com/latest-news/somaliland-leadership-in-mogadishu-releases-terms-and-guidelines-for-its-lh-poll/ (accessed 8 Nov 2021).

MTV Somali Channel 2021 “Somali Electoral Commission Releases Parliamentary Election Procedures”, 17 Aug, [www] https://www.mtvsomali.com/somali-electoral-commission-releases-parliamentary-election-procedures/ (accessed 31 Aug 2021).