For Justice and Development
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For Justice and Development is a political party
in the Somaliland
, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia
.
elections
, held on 14 April 2003, the UCID's candidate Faysal Ali Warabe
won 15.8 % of the popular vote.
In parliamentary elections
held on 29 September 2005, the party won 26.9% of the vote and 21 out of 82 seats.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in the Somaliland
Somaliland
Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...
, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
.
Overview
At the presidentialSomaliland presidential election, 2003
Presidential elections in Somaliland, a de facto state that is claimed in whole by Somalia, were held on 14 April 2003. Results show that president Dahir Riyale Kahin won by the slightest of margins were released on April 19...
elections
Elections in Somaliland
Somaliland elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five year term. The Parliament has two chambers. The House of Representatives will have 82 members, elected for a five year term...
, held on 14 April 2003, the UCID's candidate Faysal Ali Warabe
Faysal Ali Warabe
Faisal Ali Warabe is the chairman of the Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland .He was born in 1948 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He earned an MSc in Engineering at St. Petersburg , Russia in 1973. From 1997-2001, he enrolled at the Helsinki University Faculty of Social Sciences, in the Social...
won 15.8 % of the popular vote.
In parliamentary elections
Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005
Somaliland held elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. It was the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the secessionist Republic of Somaliland since 1991, when the Somali Civil War began.-Political parties:...
held on 29 September 2005, the party won 26.9% of the vote and 21 out of 82 seats.