Waddani

{{Short description|Political party in Somaliland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox political party | name = Somaliland National Party | native_name = Xisbiga Waddani ee Somaliland | native_name_lang = so | logo = Waddani Party logo.svg | flag = Waddani Party Flag.svg{{!}}border | colorcode = {{party color|Waddani}} | chairman = Hersi Ali Haji Hassan<ref name="bbc.com">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-16|title=Waa kuma Xirsi, Guddoomiyaha cusub ee xisbiga Waddani?|url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-59308522|access-date=2021-11-16|website=BBC News Somali|language=so}}</ref><ref name="menafn.com">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-15|title=Somaliland: Waddani Opposition Party Holds 2nd General Convention|url=https://menafn.com/1103177217/Somaliland-Waddani-Opposition-Party-Holds-2nd-General-Convention|access-date=2021-11-16|website=MENAFN|language=en}}</ref> | ideology = {{UBL|class=nowrap | Somalilander nationalism | Islamic democracy<ref name="Africa Elects">{{cite web |title=Somaliland |url=https://africaelects.com/somaliland/ |website=africaelects.com }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2026}} | Social democracy<ref name="Africa Elects" />{{better source needed|date=April 2026}} | Social conservatism<ref name="Africa Elects" />{{better source needed|date=April 2026}} | Populism }} | headquarters = Hargeisa | country = Somaliland | founder = Abdirahman Mohamed Irro | founded = 2012 | leader1_title = President of Somaliland | leader1_name = Abdirahman Mohamed Irro | leader2_title = Vice President of Somaliland | leader2_name = Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi | split = UCID | position = Centre-left<ref name="Africa Elects" /> | state = Somaliland | seats1_title = House of Representatives | seats1 = {{composition bar|31|82|hex={{party color|Waddani}}}} | seats2_title = Local councillors | seats2 = {{composition bar|79|220|hex={{party color|Waddani}}}} | website =  }}

The '''Somaliland National Party''' ({{langx|so|Xisbiga Waddani ee Somaliland|lit=Patriotic Party of Somaliland}}, {{langx|ar|الحزب القومي الصوماليلاندي}}), sometimes referred to as the '''Waddani National Party''' and better known by its shortened Somali form '''Waddani''' (stylised in all caps), is a political party in Somaliland. The party was founded by Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) in 2012, ahead of the second municipal elections later that year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 August 2017|title=About Waddani|url=https://waddani-party.org/about-waddani/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621175429/https://waddani-party.org/about-waddani/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 June 2020|access-date=20 June 2020|website=Xisbiga Waddani|language=en}}</ref> On 16 November 2021 Hersi Ali Haji Hassan was elected as the new chairman of the opposition party.<ref name="bbc.com">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-16|title=Waa kuma Xirsi, Guddoomiyaha cusub ee xisbiga Waddani?|url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-59308522|access-date=2021-11-16|website=BBC News Somali|language=so}}</ref><ref name="menafn.com">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-15|title=Somaliland: Waddani Opposition Party Holds 2nd General Convention|url=https://menafn.com/1103177217/Somaliland-Waddani-Opposition-Party-Holds-2nd-General-Convention|access-date=2021-11-16|website=MENAFN|language=en}}</ref>

Economically the party is social democratic and leans left, defending the establishment of a universal healthcare system, public investment and doubling resources in education. It is progressive on issues regarding minority rights and fundamental freedoms, such as proposing a quorum of 30% of women in parliament. The party also supports greater decentralisation. Additionally, the party places great importance on Islamic moral and cultural heritage, and intends to give it a more important place in the education system and in the establishment of laws. The party's economic and diplomatic policy is also more nationalist than that of its rivals, and this nationalism also applies to issues of defense, with the party promising to increase funding dedicated to the army.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stebach|first=Adèle|date=31 May 2021|title=Somaliland Parliamentary Elections: Peace and Democracy|url=https://europeelects.eu/2021/05/31/somaliland-parliamentary-elections-peace-and-democracy/|access-date=1 June 2021|website=Europe Elects|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602231811/https://europeelects.eu/2021/05/31/somaliland-parliamentary-elections-peace-and-democracy/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Barnaamijka Xisbiga |url=https://waddani-party.org/barnaamijka-xisbiga/ |website=Xisbiga Waddani |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623051138/https://waddani-party.org/barnaamijka-xisbiga/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |language=so |url-status=usurped |date=2017}}</ref>

The constitution of Somaliland only allows for the top three political parties to contest elections, to avoid the previous proliferation of clan-based parties in the 1960s.<ref name="APD">{{cite web|url=https://apd-ipp.com/apd-somaliland/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Somaliland-2021-Special-Pre-Election-Report-FINAL-UPDATED-3.pdf|title=A Vote for Change: Somaliland's Two Decades Old Electoral Democracy|date=May 2021|access-date=8 June 2021|publisher=Academy for Peace and Development}}</ref> Waddani became one of the three in 2012, replacing the United Peoples' Democratic Party (UDUB).<ref name="ISS">{{cite web|url=https://media.africaportal.org/documents/eastern_africa_report15.pdf|title=High stakes for Somaliland's presidential elections|publisher=Institute for Security Studies|date=October 2017|author1=Omar S Mahmood|author2=Mohamed Farah|access-date=7 June 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607215028/https://media.africaportal.org/documents/eastern_africa_report15.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==2017 Somaliland presidential election== {{main article|2017 Somaliland presidential election}} Presidential elections were held on 13 November 2017, the third direct presidential election since 2003. General elections had been scheduled to be held on 27 March 2017 to elect both the President and House of Representatives,<ref>[http://www.somalilandsun.com/index.php/politics/8019-somaliland-presidential-and-parliament-elections-slated-for-march-2017- Somaliland: "Presidential and Parliament Elections Slated for March 2017] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121150702/http://www.somalilandsun.com/index.php/politics/8019-somaliland-presidential-and-parliament-elections-slated-for-march-2017- |date=21 November 2015 }} Somaliland Sun, 10 September 2015</ref> but were postponed by six months due to the drought condition in the region.<ref>{{cite news |title=Somalia: Presidential election postponed in Somaliland |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somaliland/somalia-presidential-election-postponed-in-somaliland |publisher=Garowe Online |date=17 January 2017 |access-date=22 February 2017}}</ref> The elections to elect the President and Vice President were eventually held separately on 13 November.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Maruf|first1=Harun|title=Voting Begins in Somaliland in Third Presidential Election Since 2003|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/voting-presidential-election-somaliland/4112489.html|work=VOA|date=13 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> Incumbent President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud of the Peace, Unity, and Development Party (Kulmiye) did not run for a second term.

The result was a victory for ruling Kulmiye party candidate Muse Bihi Abdi, who received 55% of the vote.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right !colspan=2| Candidate !Party !Votes !% |- |bgcolor=#FFF500 | |align=left|Muse Bihi Abdi||align=left|Peace, Unity, and Development Party||305,909||55.10 |- | bgcolor=#DC6015| |align=left|Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi||align=left|Waddani||226,092||40.73 |- | bgcolor=#355E3B| |align=left|Faisal Ali Warabe||align=left|For Justice and Development||23,141||4.17 |- |align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||10,475||– |- |align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''||'''565,617'''||'''100''' |- |align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout||704,198||80.32 |- |align=left colspan=5|Source: [http://www.slnec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Final-PollingStation-Results.pdf SLNEC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516215507/http://www.slnec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Final-PollingStation-Results.pdf |date=16 May 2018 }} |}

==2021 Somaliland parliamentary election== {{main article|2021 Somaliland parliamentary election}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Somaliland on 31 May 2021, the first since 2005.<ref name=Reuters>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somaliland-holds-first-parliamentary-vote-since-2005-2021-05-31/ |title=Somaliland holds first parliamentary vote since 2005 |date=31 May 2021 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref> On 6 June it was announced that Waddani had received 31 out of 82 seats and it will form a coalition with the Justice and Welfare Party (UCID).<ref name=ReutersResults>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somaliland-opposition-win-majority-first-parliamentary-vote-since-2005-2021-06-06/ |title=Somaliland opposition win majority in first parliamentary vote since 2005 |date=6 June 2021 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> The coalition will have 52 seats combined, compared to previous ruling party Kulmiye which has only 30.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-10|title=Somaliland Opposition Joins Forces to Grab Control of Parliament|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_somaliland-opposition-joins-forces-grab-control-parliament/6206719.html|access-date=2021-06-10|work=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Voice of America|language=en-US}}</ref>{{Election results|image=File:Somaliland Chambre des représentants 2021.svg|party1=Waddani|votes1=258658|seats1=31|sc1=New|party2=Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party|votes2=256524|seats2=30|sc2=+2|party3=Justice and Welfare Party|votes3=179735|seats3=21|sc3=0|invalid=|electorate=1065847|total_sc=0|source=[https://slnec.org/2021-parliamentary-election/ EC], [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somaliland-opposition-win-majority-first-parliamentary-vote-since-2005-2021-06-06 Reuters], {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210620163256/https://somalilandelection.com/news/analysing-the-election-results/ EC]}}}}

== Election results ==

=== Presidential elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Party candidate !Votes !% !Result |- !2017 | rowspan="2" |Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Irro" |226,092 |40.73% |'''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- !2024 |407,908 |63.92% |'''Elected''' {{Y}} |}

=== Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Votes !'''%''' !Seats !+/– !Position |- !2021 |259,144 |37.23% |{{composition bar|31|82|hex=#DC6015}} |New |{{increase}} 1st |- !2027 |TBD |TBD |TBD | | |}

=== Local elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Votes !'''%''' !Seats !+/– !Position |- !2012 |244,795 |30.19% |{{composition bar|68|323|hex=#DC6015}} |{{increase}} 68 |{{increase}} 2nd |- !2021 |260,841 |37.83% |{{composition bar|79|220|hex=#DC6015}} |{{increase}} 11 |{{steady}} 2nd |- !2027 |TBD |TBD |TBD | | |}

==Notes== {{reflist}}

{{Somaliland political parties}}

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