2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election information
2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election
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All 65 seats in the National Assembly
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
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UMP
Seats won
65
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Popular vote
103,463
Percentage
100%
Swing
31.36pp
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Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008.[1] There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP).[2] The opposition boycotted the election, and the UMP won all 65 seats.[3]
In boycotting the election, the opposition complained that the electoral system guaranteed victory for the UMP;[1][2] in the previous parliamentary elections in 2003, the UMP won all 65 seats despite the opposition receiving 38% of the vote.[1] The opposition unsuccessfully demanded that proportional representation be introduced. Ismael Guedi Hared, a leader of the opposition Union for a Democratic Alternative, said that the country effectively had a one-party system, that "none of the democratic rules [were] respected", and that the government was unwilling to accept proportional representation because it was fearful of discontent.[2]
^ abc"Début du vote avec retard pour les législatives", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), 8 February 2008.
^ abc"Djibouti votes amid opposition boycott", AFP (IOL), February 8, 2008.
^"Législatives à Djibouti: victoire du parti présidentiel, forte participation" Archived May 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), 9 February 2008 (in French).
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