Parliamentary elections were held in Somaliland on 31 May 2021, alongside local district elections.[1] The election was the region's first parliamentary election since 2005, and politicians pointed to the election as evidence of political stability.[2] Three parties – the populist Somaliland National Party (Waddani), the centre-left Justice and Welfare Party (UCID), and the ruling party, the liberal Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party – put forward 246 candidates who competed for 82 seats in the House of Representatives.[2][3] More than one million people, out of about four million residents total, registered to vote.[2] On 6 June, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that Waddani had received a plurality of seats with 31; Kulmiye received 30, and UCID received 21.[4] As no party had received an outright majority, Waddani and UCID announced they would form a political alliance.[4]