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15 December 2002 Local Elections in Somaliland
National Summary
Note: The elections served
two purposes. The first was to elect 23 district and municipal councils in Somaliland's six regions. The elected councils
would in turn select mayors. The second purpose was to determine which parties would contest the presidential and parliamentary
elections. The constitution limited the number of national political parties to three. In order to become a national party
that could legally contest presidential and parliamentary elections, a political organization had to achieve 20% of the vote
in four of Somaliland's six regions. If this threshold was not achieved then the three organizations with the largest popular
vote would qualify to become parties. This formula was intended to ensure that the three parties represented a cross section
of clans and avoided the emergence of clan-dominated parties as happened in 1969 when over 60 parties contested the election.
Following the election, the Unity of Democrats Party (UDUB), Peace, Unity, and Development Party (KULMIYE), and the Justice
and Welfare Party (UCID) became political parties.
Political Organization Names
Various sources provide different translations of the
political organization names, other than the ones used in this page. Other names used include:
UDUB - Allied People's Democratic
Party / Union of Democrats Party / United Democratic People's Party / National Alliance Democratic Party / For Unity,
Democracy and Independence / Pillar
KULMIYE - The Gathering / Union
and Development / Solidarity
UCID - For Justice and Development
SAHAN - Reconnaissance
HORMOOD - Pioneer / Vanguard
ASAD - Salvation and Development
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