A total of 16 members of parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of the People in voting across the country today, bringing the number of elected lawmakers in the lower chamber of Somalia’s federal parliament to 131, or nearly half the total of 275 seats.
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A delegate casts her vote during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Cadaado, Somalia on November 22, 2016. UN Photo
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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating (left) meets the HirShabelle State President, Ali Abdullahi Osoble (right) in Jowhar, Somalia on 20 November 2016. UN Photo
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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating witnesses the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament. This was during a working visit to Baidoa, Somalia on 19 November 2016. UN Photo
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An electoral official speaks to a delegate during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament in Baidoa, Somalia on 16 November 2016. UN Photo