Somalia Sets Parliamentary and Presidential Election Dates for 2027
The timetable includes voter registration in November 2026 and campaigning in February 2027, as political divisions and security challenges complicate preparations.
- Somalia's National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission announced on Thursday a timetable for federal parliamentary and presidential elections in 2027, scheduling the parliamentary vote for April 15 and the presidential election for May 15.
- The Election Commission cited the Constitution and National Elections Law to justify the timeline, while President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud maintains constitutional amendments passed earlier this year entitle him to an additional year in office.
- Registration for political organizations and voters reopens from November 1 to November 22, with candidate lists due by November 22, a provisional voter register planned for January 21, and campaigning to begin February 27, 2027.
- Opposition groups rejected the proposed schedule, citing lack of political consensus and challenging Mohamud's approach to electoral reform they previously boycotted in May.
- Much of Somalia remains under control of the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab, leaving little progress organizing elections beyond localized pockets as security challenges continue complicating preparations.
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Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections will be held next year in the deeply divided country, which has long been battling Islamist insurgents.
Somalia Sets Parliamentary and Presidential Election Dates for 2027
Somalia's National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has announced a timetable for federal parliamentary and presidential elections in 2027, setting the parliamentary vote for April 15 and the presidential election for May 15.
Somalia announces parliamentary and presidential elections for 2027
Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held next year, despite an increasingly fractured political landscape and worries over mounting instability.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Somalia has announced the schedule for electing a new president and members of parliament.
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