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title="Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party">Kulmiye</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Running mate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Ali_Abdi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohamed Ali Abdi">Mohamed Ali Abdi</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mohamoud_Hassan_Saad" title="Mohamoud Hassan Saad">Mohamoud Hassan Saajin</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>407,908</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">225,219 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>63.92%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34.81% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg/250px-2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg/375px-2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg/500px-2024_Somaliland_presidential_election_-_Results_by_region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="799" 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var(--color-base)">Constitution</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Somaliland" title="Constitution of Somaliland">Constitution</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Somaliland" title="Government of Somaliland">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Somaliland" title="Government of Somaliland">Government</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/President_of_Somaliland" title="President of Somaliland">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Somaliland" title="List of presidents of Somaliland">List</a>)</dd></dl> <ul><li><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Muse_Bihi_Abdi" title="Muse Bihi Abdi">Muse Bihi Abdi</a></dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Somaliland" title="Vice President of Somaliland">Vice President</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Saylici" title="Abdirahman Saylici">Abdirahman Saylici</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Ministers_of_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Ministers of Somaliland">Council of Ministers</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislative</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Somaliland" title="Parliament of Somaliland">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Elders_(Somaliland)" title="House of Elders (Somaliland)">House of Elders</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chairman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_Mohamoud_Adan" title="Suleiman Mohamoud Adan">Suleiman Mohamoud Adan</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Somaliland)" title="House of Representatives (Somaliland)">House of Representatives</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yasin_Haji_Mohamoud" title="Yasin Haji Mohamoud">Yasin Haji Mohamoud</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Judiciary</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Somaliland" title="Judiciary of Somaliland">Judiciary of Somaliland</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Somaliland)" title="Ministry of Justice (Somaliland)">Ministry of Justice</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Adan_Haji_Ali" title="Adan Haji Ali">Chief Justice of Somaliland</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Somaliland" title="Administrative divisions of Somaliland">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Somaliland" title="Regions of Somaliland">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Somaliland" title="Districts of Somaliland">Districts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Somaliland" title="Elections in Somaliland">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"><div class="plainlist" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Presidential: <a href="/wiki/2010_Somaliland_presidential_election" title="2010 Somaliland presidential election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Somaliland_presidential_election" title="2017 Somaliland presidential election">2017</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2024</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Parliamentary: <a href="/wiki/2005_Somaliland_parliamentary_election" title="2005 Somaliland parliamentary election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Somaliland_parliamentary_election" title="2021 Somaliland parliamentary election">2021</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Municipal: <a href="/wiki/2002_Somaliland_municipal_elections" title="2002 Somaliland municipal elections">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Somaliland_municipal_elections" title="2012 Somaliland municipal elections">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Somaliland_municipal_elections" title="2021 Somaliland municipal elections">2021</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Referendums: <a href="/wiki/2001_Somaliland_constitutional_referendum" title="2001 Somaliland constitutional referendum">2001</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Somaliland" title="List of political parties in Somaliland">Political parties</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Somaliland_politicians" title="List of Somaliland politicians">Politicians</a></dd></dl></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somaliland" title="Foreign relations of Somaliland">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation <dl><dd><a 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in <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> on 13 November 2024. In the election, incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Muse_Bihi_Abdi" title="Muse Bihi Abdi">Muse Bihi Abdi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kulmiye" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulmiye">Kulmiye</a> party was seeking a second and final term in office against the opposition candidates <a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Mohamed_Abdullahi" title="Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi">Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi</a> "Irro" of the <a href="/wiki/Waddani" title="Waddani">Waddani</a> party, and <a href="/wiki/Faysal_Ali_Warabe" title="Faysal Ali Warabe">Faysal Ali Warabe</a> of the <a href="/wiki/UCID" class="mw-redirect" title="UCID">UCID</a> party. The election was held concurrently with an <a href="/wiki/2024_Somaliland_national_political_party_election" title="2024 Somaliland national political party election">election</a> to determine the three national political parties for the next decade. </p><p>The election, which had an expected turnout of over one million people across two thousand polling stations, marked the fourth election in the de-facto nation's history. Alongside the restarting of the <a href="/wiki/Las_Anod_conflict_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="Las Anod conflict (2023–present)">Las Anod conflict</a> in the nation's east, which had delayed the election from taking place on the originally planned date of 13 November 2022, important issues voters wanted addressed by the next president included the economy/inflation, food security, job availability and the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somaliland" title="Foreign relations of Somaliland">recognition of the nation on the global stage</a>. The election was won by Abdullahi. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Las_Anod_conflict_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="Las Anod conflict (2023–present)">Las Anod conflict (2023–present)</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_Ethiopia%E2%80%93Somaliland_memorandum_of_understanding" title="2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding">2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding</a></div> <p>The election will mark the fourth direct <a href="/wiki/2003_Somaliland_presidential_election" title="2003 Somaliland presidential election">presidential election since Somalilands adoption of a one person one vote system</a>. The election was originally scheduled to be held in 2022 but was postponed by two years by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Elders_of_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Elders of Somaliland">House of Elders</a>, due to unresolved disputes between the government and the oppositions parties. Following the elections postponement, civil unrest broke out in the countries eastern <a href="/wiki/Sool" title="Sool">Sool</a> region after a man was killed. The unrest would ultimately lead to the start of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Las_Anod_conflict_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="Las Anod conflict (2023–present)">Las Anod conflict</a> and Somaliland losing control of parts of Sool it had controlled since <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Las_Anod_(2007)" title="Battle of Las Anod (2007)">2007</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 January 2024, during the lead up to the election, President Bihi signed a <a href="/wiki/2024_Ethiopia%E2%80%93Somaliland_memorandum_of_understanding" title="2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding">Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)</a> with Ethiopian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed" title="Abiy Ahmed">Abiy Ahmed</a>. The signing of this MOU led to controversy in the greater region and prompted criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Government_of_Somalia" title="Federal Government of Somalia">Government of Somalia</a> and its allies.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Somaliland" title="Constitution of Somaliland">constitution of Somaliland</a>, presidential elections are to be held every five years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 September 2022, the National Electoral Commission announced that the elections, initially scheduled for 13 November 2022, had been postponed to July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 October 2022, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Elders_of_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Elders of Somaliland">House of Elders</a> voted to further postpone the elections by two years instead of the nine months previously recommended by the National Electoral Commission, effectively scheduling the election for November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 January 2024, the House of Elders were able to agree on election-related specifics, and voting was set to take place on 13 November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Somaliland">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Muse_Bihi_Abdi" title="Muse Bihi Abdi">Muse Bihi Abdi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kulmiye_Peace,_Unity,_and_Development_Party" title="Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party">Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party</a> (Kulmiye) is eligible to seek a second and final term in office, having first been elected in <a href="/wiki/2017_Somaliland_presidential_election" title="2017 Somaliland presidential election">2017</a>. He was confirmed as his party's candidate during the party's 2023 convention in <a href="/wiki/Burco" class="mw-redirect" title="Burco">Burco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Bihi ran alongside a new running mate, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(Somaliland)" title="Ministry of Commerce (Somaliland)">Minister of Commerce</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohamoud_Hassan_Saad" title="Mohamoud Hassan Saad">Mohamoud Hassan Saajin</a>. This is due to <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Somaliland" title="Vice President of Somaliland">Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Saylici" title="Abdirahman Saylici">Abdirahman Saylici</a> reaching his term limit, having serviced two terms as Vice President (first serving one term under President <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Mohamed_Mohamoud" title="Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud">Silanyo</a> and then a second under President Bihi). The two opposition parties of <a href="/wiki/Waddani" title="Waddani">Waddani</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Welfare_Party" title="Justice and Welfare Party">UCID</a> have also announced their respective candidates for the presidency. <a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Mohamed_Abdullahi" title="Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi">Abdirahman Mohamed Irro</a> ran as the candidate for the Waddani party, having also been the party's candidate in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Faysal_Ali_Warabe" title="Faysal Ali Warabe">Faysal Ali Warabe</a> ran as the UCID candidate for the fourth consecutive time, making him the only person to be a candidate in all direct presidential elections held in Somaliland since <a href="/wiki/2003_Somaliland_presidential_election" title="2003 Somaliland presidential election">2003</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdi's campaign focused on gathering diplomatic recognition for Somaliland, while Abdullahi's focused more on democratic reforms and social cohesion, and Warabe's for national unity.<sup id="cite_ref-Faruk_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faruk-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Somaliland's representative to Kenya, Mohamed A. Mohamoud, stated that the entity was optimistic that <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, who had been elected as US President days prior, would recognize Somaliland as an independent state from <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sheikh_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheikh-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was also set to decide if a controversial deal with <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> which involved granting the landlocked nation sea access in the form of a naval base at the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Berbera" title="Port of Berbera">Port of Berbera</a>, in return for an "in-depth assessment" of recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-Ali_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FP_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conduct">Conduct</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Direct voting began on 13 November 2024. According to interviews taken with locals, major issues voters wanted addressed included the economy/inflation, food security, and job availability.<sup id="cite_ref-Faruk_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faruk-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ali_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FP_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voter turnout was suspected to be more than one million at over two thousand polling stations.<sup id="cite_ref-Faruk_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faruk-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ali_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ali-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bihi publicly cast his vote, praying for a democratic "transfer of power in peace".<sup id="cite_ref-Sheikh_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheikh-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced polls closed without issue by 6pm local time, and that votes will be counted and a winner announced by 21 November.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Official results released on 19 November showed that <a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Mohamed_Abdullahi" title="Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi">Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi</a> had won 63.92% of the vote, while incumbent president <a href="/wiki/Muse_Bihi_Abdi" title="Muse Bihi Abdi">Muse Bihi Abdi</a> received 34.81%. The election was considered a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Landslide (politics)">landslide win</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(politics)" title="Opposition (politics)">opposition</a> and a turning point as they come to power for the first time in 14 years.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdullahi reacted in a conciliatory tone stating that "everyone had won" and that "no one was defeated", and that it was "an election of brotherhood, aimed at unifying the people".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The incumbent Bihi's loss was attributed to his widespread unpopularity, caused by several contentious decisions, in particular the extension of his presidential term in 2022, which led to <a href="/wiki/2022_Somaliland_protests" title="2022 Somaliland protests">deadly protests</a>, and the mishandling of the <a href="/wiki/Puntland%E2%80%93Somaliland_dispute" title="Puntland–Somaliland dispute">dispute with the Eastern provinces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Running mate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC6015"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Abdirahman_Mohamed_Abdullahi" title="Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi">Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi</a></td><td>Mohamed Ali Abdi</td><td><a href="/wiki/Waddani" title="Waddani">Waddani</a></td><td style="text-align:right">407,908</td><td style="text-align:right">63.95</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFF500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Muse_Bihi_Abdi" title="Muse Bihi Abdi">Muse Bihi Abdi</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mohamoud_Hassan_Saad" title="Mohamoud Hassan Saad">Mohamoud Hassan Saajin</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Peace,_Unity,_and_Development_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace, Unity, and Development Party">Peace, Unity, and Development Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">225,219</td><td style="text-align:right">35.31</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#355E3B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Faysal_Ali_Warabe" title="Faysal Ali Warabe">Faysal Ali Warabe</a></td><td>Abdirashid Duale Diriye</td><td><a href="/wiki/For_Justice_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="For Justice and Development">For Justice and Development</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,699</td><td style="text-align:right">0.74</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">637,826</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>637,826</td><td>98.45</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>10,037</td><td>1.55</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>647,863</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>1,227,048</td><td>52.80</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hornobserver.com/articles/3047/Abdirahman-Abdillahi-Irro-Declared-Winner-of-Somaliland-Presidential-Election">HO</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.somaliland.com/news/somaliland-national-electoral-commission-officially-releases-final-voter-list-for-2024-elections/">Registered</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti"><img alt="Djibouti" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Djiboutian president <a href="/wiki/Ismail_Omar_Guelleh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismail Omar Guelleh">Ismail Omar Guelleh</a> expressed congratulations to Abdullahi after winning the election.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia"><img alt="Ethiopia" 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href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Mogadishu" title="Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu">United States Embassy in Somalia</a> said that Somaliland's "impressive record of elections and peaceful transfers of power is a model for the region and beyond."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Somaliland_presidential_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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