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Somalia

Year	Election type	Voting method	First year	Comments
2022	No provisions for direct elections	No provisions for direct elections	Not applicable	The Constitution of 2012 provides for universal suffrage, direct elections of the members of the two chambers of parliament. However, specific laws on elections as foreseen by the Provisional Constitution (art. 47) have not been developed yet. Data has been updated in January 2022.
2007	In transition	In transition	Not applicable	Based on IDEA's initial research conducted for the publication of Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook.