IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Djibouti

Name	Official Name	Type
Djiboutian Presidency	None	Head of State
Djiboutian National Assembly	Assemblée nationale	Assembly

Chief of State: President Ismail Omar GUELLEH
Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil MOHAMED
Legislature: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) with 65 seats.

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) 52 members are directly elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. There are 6 multi-member constituencies (cercles), with 4 to 37 seats each. The election law was changed in November 2012 to allow for a mixed list electoral system, with the remaining 13 seats (20% of seats) being awarded proportionally. Previously the party that received the most votes in each district received all of the district’s seats.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Djiboutian Presidency	1999-04-09	96,368	171,232	56.28
Djiboutian National Assembly	2003-01-10	86,482	178,617	48.42
Djiboutian Presidency	2005-04-08	156,484	198,332	78.9
Djiboutian National Assembly	2008-02-08	109,999	151,490	72.61
Djiboutian Presidency	2011-04-08	111,547	152,000	73.39
Djiboutian National Assembly	2013-02-22	122,333	176,878	69.16
Djiboutian Presidency	2016-04-08	131,778	191,103	68.96
Djiboutian National Assembly	2018-02-23	123,934	194,169	63.83
Djiboutian Presidency	2021-04-09	164,866	215,687	76.44
Djiboutian National Assembly	2023-02-24	170,430	243,471	70.0

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