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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
Eight members of parliament (MPs) were elected to seats in the House of the People allocated to the recently formed HirShabelle state as voting for the lower chamber kicked off in the state capital of Jowhar today.
PRESS STATEMENT 29/2016
An electoral official tallies the votes during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Kismaayo, Somalia on November 15, 2016. UN Photo / Awil Abuka
Five more members of the federal parliament’s House of the People were elected in Kismaayo today, including one woman, on the sixth day of voting in Jubbaland state.
The total number of members of parliament (MPs) elected in the state now stands at 37 out of an allocation of 43 seats.
Osman Baarey, an Electoral official speaks during preparations of the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Jowhar, HirShabelle state, Somalia on 15 November 2016. UN Photo
Voting for the 37 seats in the House of the People allocated to HirShabelle state will begin tomorrow.
The State-level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) announced that 13 of the seats will be decided during the first phase of voting for the House of the People.
PRESS STATEMENT 28/2016
An MP-elect is carried shoulder-high by jubilant supporters to celebrate his victory in the ongoing electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Kismaayo, Somalia on 13 November 2016. UN Photo
Jubbaland state completed its fifth day of voting for seats in the House of the People with another six members elected to the lower chamber of the federal parliament.
Another six members of the federal parliament’s House of the People were elected today during the fourth day of voting in Kismaayo, the administrative capital of Jubbaland state.
A delegate casts her vote during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament in Kismaayo, Somalia on November 9, 2016. AMISOM Photo / Awil Abukar
Another fourteen members of the Federal Parliament’s House of the People were elected from Jubbaland and South West states Wednesday, and voting for the eight Upper House seats representing the recently formed HirShabelle federal member state was completed in the state capital of Jowhar.