2002 Somaliland municipal elections

2002 Somaliland municipal election
15 December 2002
 
Party UDUB Peace, Unity, and Development Party For Justice and Development
Popular vote 179,389 83,158 49,444
Percentage 40.76% 18.90% 11.24%
 
Party Sahan Hormood Asad
Popular vote 47,942 40,538 39,596
Percentage 10.89% 9.21% 9.00%

Municipal elections were held across Somaliland on 15 December 2002. Six political associations fielded 2,368 candidates to contest 379 local council seats in nineteen of Somaliland's twenty-three electoral districts.

Prior to these elections, local government only consisted of a mayor and a councillor both appointed by the Ministry of Interior by the recommendation of the President. These elections would pave way for the establishment of popularly-elected local governments that were directly responsible to local constituencies.

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