Somalia: Puntland registers thousands for one person one vote,elections scheduled end of May this year.

Puntland Regional Government has registered 387,000 people for the local government elections which scheduled end of may

Puntland has released the official list of voters for the local government elections according to a report from the Puntland Interim Elections Committee.

387,094 people have been mentioned in the correct number of people who have registered in 37 districts under 7 regions of the Puntland administration.

Mudug region is the region where the most people have registered, and they have registered a hundred thousand voters.

Local council elections are scheduled for the end of May this year. Although many politicians and some of the political organizations are against it, they see the plan of President Deni’s extension.

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has also promised he would hold a one man, one vote elections in 2026 in which candidates from multiple parties will participate in the race for presidency.

Currently Somalia’s government leaders are voted through indirect elections, with clan representatives electing parliamentarians who then vote for the country’s top representatives.