Somaliland has a multi-party system, with a constitutional limit of three official parties at the national level (determined for a 10-year period at the beginning of each decade based on municipal election results, in which more parties are allowed) as an attempt to avoid political tribalism. A single party often does not have win power alone, so the parties must instead form coalition governments. However, despite some parties having affiliations with political internationals of a particular ideology, politics in Somaliland tend to be more clan-based rather than ideology-based. As such, the programs of parties can fluctuate depending on the issues surrounding the clan(s) that support them.

The parties

PartyAbbr.Est.LeaderPolitical positionIdeologySeats
Somaliland National Party
Somali: Xisbiga Waddani
Arabic: واداني‎		Waddani2012Hersi Ali H. HassanCentre-leftNationalism
Populism
Islamic democracy
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Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party
Somali: Xisbiga Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo Horumarka
Arabic: حزب التضامن‎		Kulmiye2002Muse Bihi
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Justice and Welfare Party
Somali: Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka
Arabic: حزب العدالة والتنمية‎		UCID2001Faysal Ali WarabeCentre-leftDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
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Former parties

Dissolved parties of Somaliland
NameNative nameIdeologySeats
United Peoples' Democratic PartyUrurka Dimuqraadiga Ummadda BahawdayNationalism
Islamic democracy
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(dissolved in 2011)

See also

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