2012 Somaliland municipal elections
Municipal elections were held across Somaliland on 28 November 2012.{{Cite web|title=Confronting the Future of Somaliland's Democracy: Lessons from a Decade of Multi-partyism and the Way Forward|url=https://www.africaportal.org/publications/confronting-future-somalilands-democracy-lessons-decade-multi-partyism-and-way-forward/|last=Hersi|first=Mohamed Farah|date=2015-05-29|website=Africa Portal|access-date=2020-05-29}} Two of the existing parties, For Justice and Development and the Peace, Unity, and Development Party contested the elections alongside six newly registered political associations.
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Peace, Unity, and Development Party|votes1=244795|seats1=99|sc1=
|party2=Waddani|votes2=163789|seats2=68|sc2=
|party3=For Justice and Development|votes3=105105|seats3=40|sc3=
|party4=Umadda|votes4=94689|seats4=37|sc4=|color4=red
|party5=Rays|votes5=83596|seats5=32|sc5=
|party6=Xaqsoor|votes6=74204|seats6=31|sc6=|color6=yellow
|party7=Dalsan|votes7=44680|seats7=16|sc7=|color7=#24513D
|source=[https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf Africa Portal]
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Aftermath
In accordance with the Constitution of Somaliland, only the top 3 parties in the election are made legal parties and allowed to contest elections for the next 10 years. The KULMIYE and UCID parties retained their party status first gained in 2002 and Waddani became the countries newest party, having come in second in the elections. All other political associations subsequently dissolved and their elected representatives joined official parties.{{Cite web |url=https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf |title=Africa Portal |access-date=2021-01-22 |archive-date=2021-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128211248/https://media.africaportal.org/documents/Report-website-version.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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