Justice and Welfare Party

The Justice and Welfare Party (Somali: Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka, UCID; Arabic: حزب العدالة والتنمية), sometimes translated as the Justice and Welfare Association, is the oldest political party in Somaliland. The party tends to be supported by people from the Garhajis clan[4] and some sub-clans of the Dir.[5]

Justice and Welfare Party
Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka
AbbreviationUCID
LeaderFaysal Ali Warabe
FounderFaysal Ali Warabe
Founded2001
HeadquartersHargeisa
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Somalilander nationalism[2]
Political positionCentre-left[1]
International affiliationSocialist International (observer)[3]
House of Representatives
21 / 82
Local councillors
48 / 220
Party flag
Website
http://www.xisbigaucid.com/

UCID was founded in 2001 by Somaliland politician Faysal Ali Warabe, with its program being inspired by that of the Finnish Social Democratic Party.[1] Waraabe also serves as its Chairman.[6] The party has been described as the only one at a national level to adhere to a specific political ideology.[7]

Based in Hargeisa, the political party came in third place during the 2003 Somaliland presidential election, receiving 16% of the votes.[6]

In the parliamentary elections held on 29 September 2005, the party won 26.9% of the vote and 21 out of 82 seats.

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2003 Faisal Ali Warabe 77,433 15.85% Lost N
2010 92,459 17.18% Lost N
2017 23,141 4.17% Lost N

Parliamentary elections
Election Votes % Seats +/– Position
2005 180,545 26.93%
21 / 82
 21 3rd
2021 179,937 25.85%
21 / 82
 3rd

Local elections
Election Votes % Seats +/– Position
2002 49,444 11.24%
43 / 379
 43 3rd
2012 105,105 12.96%
40 / 323
 3 3rd
2021 159,801 23.18%
48 / 220
 8 3rd

See also

References
Specific
  1. Pirkkalainen, Päivi (2013). "Transnational responsibilities and multi-sited strategies: voluntary associations of Somali diaspora in Finland". Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research (489). University of Jyväskylä: 175. ISBN 978-951-39-5532-8. ISSN 0075-4625 – via JYX Digital Repository.
  2. Lansford, Tom, ed. (2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. p. 1521. ISBN 9781544384726.
  3. "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Socialist International. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. Somaliland's Progress Toward Peace: Mapping the Community Perspective (PDF) (Report). Academy for Peace and Development; Interpeace Regional Office for Eastern and Central Africa. August 2015. p. 19. ISBN 978-9966-1665-4-8. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2010 - Somaliland [Somalia], 1 June 2010, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4c1a1e9ec.html [accessed 13 August 2020]
  6. "Faisal Ali Warabe". Africa Confidential. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. Ali, Bashir (2017-11-06). "Somaliland election: Will the self-declared state show East Africa how it's done?". African Arguments. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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