Somaliland
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Members of House of People
- Seats: 82
- Term of office: 5 years
· Senators
- Seats: 82
- Term of office: 6 years
○ Election system
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 704,198 (2017 election)
· Voter turnout: 80.32% (2017 presidential election)
· Voting age: 16
- Presidential: First-past-the-post, Simple majority
- Parliamentary: Proportional representation open list in multi-member constituency
· Voting process
1. Candidate Registration
2. Voting ( Verify Voter Card -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots )
· Counting process
1. Vote counting in a voting station
2. After the preliminary counting, the result goes district tally centers for tabulation.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Five to seven days