2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election

2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election
23 February 2018
All 65 seats in the National Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered194,169
Turnout63.83% ( 2.77pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Party UMP UDJ–PDD
Seats won 57 7
Seat change 2 New
Popular vote 105,278 13,088
Percentage 87.83% 10.92%
Swing 26.30pp New
Results by region
President of the National Assembly before election

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

 Elected President of the National Assembly

Mohamed Ali Houmed
RPP

Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 23 February 2018. The election was boycotted by the main opposition parties, including some of the parties in the Union for National Salvation coalition, which had won 10 seats in the previous elections in 2013.

According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 57 of 65 seats in Parliament. The opposition Union for Democracy and Justice–Djibouti Party for Development (UDJ–PDD) won seven seats in Djibouti city electoral district. The UMP ran unopposed in three electoral districts (Dikhil, Obock and Arta, 18 seats).

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