Somalia
A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024
Questionnaire
(1)Member
EMB Information
1. Country where your organization is located: Somalia
2. Name of your organization: National Independent
Electoral Commission
3. Date of your organization’s establishment: July 2015
4. Type of organization: Constitutionally
independent organization
5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two
Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): chairperson,
one vice chairperson, one Secretary General, 16 commissioners
6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□
Elected □ Appointed
7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):
□ Until
retirement age
□ Permanent
with no limit
□ Fixed
term (years) : 6 years
- Reappointment
possible: □ Yes □ No
8. Total number of staff (based on full-time
employees at all levels of organization): 180
9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):
□ Election
management
□ Voter
registration
□ Delimitation
of electoral districts
□ Management
of political party affairs
□ Management
of political funds affairs
□ Enactment
and amendment of the Election Law
□ Voter
education
□ Mediation
of electoral disputes
□ Investigation
and enforcement against election law violations
(2)World
Election Database
Ⅰ.
National System
1. Form of Government:
□ Presidential
system
□ Parliamentary
system
□ Semi-presidential
system
□ Other
(please specify): hybrid
system
2. Term of the President (if applicable): 5 years
2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No
3. National Assembly:
□ Unicameral
□ Bicameral
4. If Unicameral:
4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: (
) years
4-2. Limit on the number of
reappointments: □ Yes □ No
4-3. Number of seats in the
Parliament: ( )
5. If Bicameral:
5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: ( 5 ) years
5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House: ( 54 )
5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: ( 5 ) years
5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House: ( 275 )
Ⅱ. General Electoral System
6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect
6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential Election: □ Yes □ No
7. Parliamentary Election:
7-1. Upper House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%)
7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian _______%, Proportional _______%)
Ⅲ. Recent Election Status
8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)
8-1. Type of election:
□ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum
□Others
(please specify):
8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 15
may 2022
*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on
the most recent election you mentioned above:
9. Number of polling stations: the type of the recent election was indirect elections
□ Domestic ___0____ □ Overseas
____0____
10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _7am to 12pm
11. Number of registered voters: __29,000
12. Voter turnout (%):
80%
13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?
□ Yes □No □Other:
________________________
Ⅳ.Electoral
System: Voting and Counting Procedures
14. Voting age: _______18________
15. Age of candidacy:
15-1. President: ___40____
15-2. Member of Parliament:
35
16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No
17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:
□ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □ Other
(please specify):
18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No
19. Please check all special voting methods available:
□ Advance voting (early in-person voting)
□ Postal voting
□ Mobile booth voting
□ Proxy voting
□ Voting assistance for individuals with
neurodevelopmental or physical disabilities or senior
citizens
□ Other (please specify):
20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot
counting:
□ Civil Servants □ Civilians
21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to
verify voters on election day?
□Yes □ No □ Other:
________________________
22. How is voting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it in
the ballot box)
□ Electronic- optical scanner
□ Electronic- touch screen voting
□ Electronic- internet voting
□ Other: ________________________
23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual □ Electronic □ Other
24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):
□ At each polling station □ At a
central counting center
25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all
that apply):
□ Immediately after voting ends □The
following day □ Other:
26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results?
One week
27. Is there a unified voter registry?
□ Centralized national registry □Multiple
regional registries
28. How often is the voter registry updated?
□Monthly □Annually □Only before elections □ Other
(please specify):
29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?
□Yes □ No
Ⅴ. Political
Funds
30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially
covers the election campaign costs
for candidates?
□ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No
31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate
from campaign costs) for the
operation of political parties or elections?
□ Yes □ No
32. Is there a limit on election expenses?
□ Yes □ No
33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?
□ Yes □ No
________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Members of House of People
- Seats: 275
· Senators
- Seats: 54
- Term of office: 4 years
· Prime Minister
- Seat:1
○ Election system
· Number of registered voters: 328 (2017 election)
· Voter turnout: 100% (2017 presidential election, indirect election by Members of the Parliament)
· Voting age: 18
-Presidential: Indirectly elected by members of both houses of the Federal Parliament of Somalia under the exhaustive ballot method.
- Parliamentary
1. The 54 members of the Upper House were elected by the state assemblies.
2. The 275 members of the Lower House were elected by 14,025 delegates from different regions in the country.
3. Each member of parliament was elected by an electoral college of 51 people appointed by the 135 Traditional Elders.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Immediately after conclusion of election