The Peace, Unity and Development Party is the ruling political party

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 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

Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...

 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...

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Overview

In the presidential

Somaliland 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...

, 14 April 2003, its candidate Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo

Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo

Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo is a Somali politician. He is the current President of Somaliland, a self-proclaimed republic internationally recognized as an autonomous region in Somalia...

 won 42.1 % of the popular vote. He was narrowly defeated by Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Rayale Kahin was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia. He became the third president of Somaliland on May 3, 2002, after the death of Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal...

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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 34.1% of the vote and 28 out of 82 seats.

Silanyo and his running mate Abdirahman Saylici

Abdirahman Saylici

Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismail Saylici is the Vice President of Somaliland, after winning the election of 2010 together with Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo. Both are members of the Peace, Unity, and Development Party.-References:...

 were more successful in the 2010 presidential election, and soundly defeated Kahin.

see also

• For Unity, Democracy, and Independence
• For Justice and Development
  For Justice and Development
  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.-Overview:...