Democracy Ratings
| Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 5.5 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
|---|---|---|
| EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 2.76 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 145 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 3 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Open Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Semi-Presidential system |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system |
| Last Presidential Election | 2016 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2021 |
| Presidential Term Limits | No
(Abolished in 2010) |
| System of Appointment to Legislature |
52 seats elected through plurality voting in multi-member constituencies 13 elected through proportional representation |
| Last Legislative Election |
2013 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2018 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | 65 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | Yes: reserved seats |
Results
| Last presidential election (2016) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd round not needed | |
| Ismail Omar Guelleh | 87.07 | |
| Omar Elmi Khaireh | 7.34 | |
| Mohamed Daoud Chehem | 1.83 | |
| Mohamed Moussa Ali | 1.52 | |
| Hassan Idriss Ahmed | 1.38 | |
| Djama Abdourahman Djama | 0.86 | |
| Last legislative election (2013) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| Union for the Presidential Majority | 61.5 | 55 |
| Union for National Salvation | 35.7 | 10 |
| Centre of Unified Democrats | 2.8 | 0 |