The Kulmiye Peace, Unity and Development Party (; ), also known as simply Kulmiye (), is a

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Somaliland Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an List of states with limited recognition, unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, E ...

. The party was founded by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" in May 2002, ahead of the first municipal elections later that year. The party is mainly supported by people from the

Habr Je'lo The Habr Je'lo (), , Full Name: ''Mūsa ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad,'' historically known as the Habr Toljaala () is a major Northern Somali clan of the wider Isaaq family. Its members form the Habr Habusheed () confederation along with t ...

Habr Awal The Habr Awal, alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (, , Full Name: '' Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Ishaaq bin Ahmed, Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad)'' is one of the largest subclans of the wider Isaaq clan family, and is further divided into eight su ...

and

Darod The Darod (, ) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent ...

clans.

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, ''Freedom in the World 2010 - Somaliland omalia', 1 June 2010, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4c1a1e9ec.html ccessed 13 August 2020/ref> In the presidential

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of 14 April 2003, its candidate Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" won 42.1% of the popular vote. He was narrowly defeated by Dahir Riyale Kahin. In

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held on 29 September 2005, the party won 34.1% of the vote and 28 out of 82 seats. In the 2010 presidential election, Silanyo and his running mate Abdirahman Saylici claimed victory and comfortably defeated Kahin. In the 2017 presidential election,

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Silanyo chose not to seek a second term in office. Muse Bihi Abdi, who became party Chairman in 2015 and his running mate, incumbent

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Abdirahman Saylici won with 55% of the vote.

Party Chairmen

Kulmiye presidents of Somaliland

Election results

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

Local elections

References

External links

Kulmiye Party Of Somaliland
2002 establishments in Somaliland Political parties in Somaliland Liberal parties in Africa Political parties established in 2002 {{Somaliland-stub