Somali presidential election, 2016

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Presidential elections are to be held in Somalia after the Somali parliamentary election in 2016; originally, they were to be held on 30 November 2016, but were postponed.^[1] Due to security concerns the election was delayed by a month, extending the expired tenure of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.^[2]

Electoral System

The president is elected by the Lower House and Upper House of the Somali parliament. The lower house members will be elected in the parliamentary election, where 14,025 clan representatives will cast their vote.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.voanews.com/a/somalia-presidential-election-postponed-third-time/3615472.html
↑ Osman, Abdulaziz. "Somalia Releases New Election Dates". VOA. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
↑ "Somalia's Presidential Election for 14,000 People". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

Elections and referendums in Somalia

Presidential elections	1986

Parliamentary elections	1964 1969 1979 1984 2016

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

Referendums	1961 1979

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