The United Peoples' Democratic Party is one of the three political parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 in the northwestern Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

 region of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. It is currently the opposition.

Overview

At the presidential

Somaliland presidential election, 2003

Presidential elections in Somaliland, a de facto state that is claimed in whole by Somalia, were held on 14 April 2003. Results show that president Dahir Riyale Kahin won by the slightest of margins were released on April 19...

 elections

Elections in Somaliland

Somaliland elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five year term. The Parliament has two chambers. The House of Representatives will have 82 members, elected for a five year term...

, April 14, 2003, its candidate Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Rayale Kahin was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia. He became the third president of Somaliland on May 3, 2002, after the death of Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal...

 won 42.1% of the popular vote and was elected.

According to the final results of the 2005 parliamentary election

Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005

Somaliland held elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. It was the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the secessionist Republic of Somaliland since 1991, when the Somali Civil War began.-Political parties:...

, UDUB won 39.0% of the vote and 33 out of 82 seats, while the two opposition parties UCID

For Justice and Development

For Justice and Development is a political party in the Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.-Overview:...

 and Kulmiye, won the rest of the seat.