The Justice and Welfare Party ( so, Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka, UCID; ar, حزب العدالة والتنمية), sometimes translated as the Justice and Welfare Association, is the oldest
political party
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in
Somaliland. The party tends to be supported by people from the
Garhajis
The Garhajis ( so, Garxajis, ar, غرحجس , Full Name: ''Al-Qādhī Ismā'īl ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin'' ''al-Ḥusayn al-Hāshimīy'') historically known as the Habar Gerhajis () is a major clan of the wider Isa ...
clan and some sub-clans of the
Dir.

UCID was founded in 2001 by
Somaliland politician
Faysal Ali Warabe
Faysal Ali Warabe ( ; so, Faysal Cali Waraabe, ar, فيصل علي ورابي; born 1948), also spelled Faisal Ali Warabe, is a Somalilander engineer and politician. He previously served as Director of Planning and Building as well as Regional D ...
, with its program being inspired by that of the
Finnish Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
Fo ...
.
Mr. Waraabe also serves as its Chairman.
The party has been described as the only one at a national level to adhere to a specific political ideology.
Based in
Hargeisa
Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protecto ...
, the political party came in third place during the
2003 Somaliland presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 14 April 2003. The result was a victory for incumbent President Dahir Riyale Kahin, who won by a margin of just 0.01%. The outcome was initially rejected by the main opposition, which led to violen ...
, receiving 16% of the votes.
In the
parliamentary elections
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held on 29 September 2005, the party won 26.9% of the vote and 21 out of 82 seats.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
Local elections
See also
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Somaliland
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List of political parties in Somaliland
Somaliland has a multi-party system, with a constitutional limit of three official parties at the national level (determined for a 10-year period at the beginning of each decade based on municipal election results, in which more parties are allowe ...
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Political parties in Somaliland
2001 establishments in Somaliland
Political parties established in 2001
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