Somaliland NEC issues Timeline for the Campaigns of the Political Parties

The Somaliland National Electoral Commission has released the schedule for the joint election campaign for the House of Representatives & Constituencies of the Republic of Somaliland.

The Commission in accordance with the Electoral & Registration Act No. Lr. 91/2020 on the basis of the National Parties Consultation issued this Official Decree and published for the National Parties to act in accordance with.

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Somaliland in May 2021, alongside local district elections
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.
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.
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 upon.