- Elections in Djibouti
Elections in Djibouti gives information on
election and election results in Djibouti.Djibouti elects on national level a
head of state - thepresident - and alegislature . The president is elected for a six year term by the people. The National Assembly ("Assemblée Nationale") has 65 members, 30 Somali (21 Issa, 3 Gadabursi, 3 Isaaq and 3 Darood) and 30 Afar, elected for a five year term in multi party election. constituencies. Djibouti is aone party dominant state with thePeople's Rally for Progress in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.Latest elections
2005 Presidential elections
On
April 8 ,2005 Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a second term as President ofDjibouti . He won 100% of the ballots cast, and reportedly told "Le Figaro " that he regretted "having no opponent". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4421515.stm]2003 Parliamentary election
Past elections
On
April 9 ,1999 Ismail Omar Guelleh , candidate of the rulingPeople's Rally for Progress , was elected with 74.1% of the vote.Moussa Ahmed Idriss , an independent backed by opposition parties, won 25.9% of the vote. Turnout was 56.3%.ee also
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Electoral calendar
*Electoral system External links
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/d/djibouti/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
* [http://africanelections.tripod.com/dj.html African Elections Database]
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