2002 Somaliland municipal election|
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| 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% |
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| Party |
Sahan |
Hormood |
Asad |
| Popular vote |
47,942 |
40,538 |
39,596 |
| Percentage |
10.89% |
9.21% |
9.00% |
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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.
