Next Somali parliamentary election

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The next Parliamentary elections in Somalia are scheduled to be held in 2016. It will be the first election since 1967.

Background

The non-elected Federal Parliament of the Transitional Federal Government, sworn in in 2012, is expiring in 2016. According to the President of Somalia, the upcoming election will be free and fair.^[1] Although the civil war and division of the country is still ongoing and Al-Shabaab is likely to derail the elections, it is not planned to postpone the elections so far.^[2]

References

↑ "Somalia president says free and fair elections inevitable in 2016". jowhar.com.
↑ "Al-Shabab militants to try to derail 2016 Somalia elections: UN". CTVNews.

Elections and referendums in Somalia

Presidential elections	1986

Parliamentary elections	1964 1969 1979 1984 next

Pre-unification	Italian Somaliland: 1954 1956 1958 1959 British Somaliland: 1959 1960

Referendums	1961 1979

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