Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 23 February 2018. The election was boycotted by the main opposition parties, including some of the parties in the

Union for National Salvation The Union for National Salvation (french: Union pour le Salut National USN) is a political coalition in Djibouti. Led by Ahmed Youssof Houmed, the coalition was formed to contest the 2013 parliamentary election. The party won 21 seats in the ...

coalition, which had won 10 seats in the previous elections in 2013.Djibouti ruling party claims landslide parliamentary win
African News, 26 February 2018 According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 57 of 65 seats in Parliament. The opposition Union for Democracy and Justice–

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(UDJ–PDD) won seven seats in Djibouti city electoral district. The UMP ran unopposed in three electoral districts (Dikhil, Obock and Arta, 18 seats).

Electoral system

Prior to the

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the previous winner-takes-all party block vote was abandoned. Instead the elections were held using a closed list system in which 80% of seats (rounded to the nearest integer) in each constituency were awarded to the party receiving the most votes. The remaining seats were allocated proportionally to other parties receiving over 10% of the vote using the

D'Hondt method The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest ...

. In cases where no other party received more than 10% of the vote, all seats in a constituency were awarded to the party receiving the most votes. There was also a 25% female quota, up from 10% in the previous election.Loi n°192/AN/02/4ème L Instituant le système de quota dans les fonctions Electives et dans l’Administration de l’Etat
President of Djibouti

Results

By region

References

Elections in Djibouti

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