Puntland is 50 districts. Deni is here saying that another 47 districts remain to run closed list party elections and after that exercise will the top 3 parties will become the legal parties of Puntland. That means all the parties who weren't top 3 in this local election, still have a chance to run regionally.
This means that all puntites must be involved in another round of 'closed list' party voting, this will then create 3 official parties and the lower council seats will be shared depending on what votes the top 3 party secure. The formula will be 'voter registrations' and your party vote numbers and what percentage u secure. This will be translated into 'council seat' allocation based on the 'total council seats up for grabs' and your voter percentage against voter registration.
Check it out here where deni said Puntland has 47 districts remaining to poll at 5:20-30 mark
Waryaa @cow I also thought that u need to secure a 51% majority in the council to form the local government. But I think the system being used is first past the post and you just need to be the no 1 highest voted party to form the local government. But this means the council will be diverse and u could become a minority local government in a sea of other strong parties with strong local council representation.
Coalitions can be formed in the local council but that doesn't erase the no 1 preferred party securing the control of the local government. Don't get me wrong, it will be hard to get things through the local council because your party hasn't secured a majority in the council and will need to 'consult' with other parties regularly.
Coalitions work well when two parties have an 80/20 relationship. This means u can combine a major and minor party into a coalition and share policies and positions. But when two parties are equal in votes like mideeye-sinan, coalitions usually don't work as u need to negiotate away your local government positions and policies and split it 50/50 which will damage each party backers and representatives.
I don't think this coalition of mideeye-sinan will work.
This means that all puntites must be involved in another round of 'closed list' party voting, this will then create 3 official parties and the lower council seats will be shared depending on what votes the top 3 party secure. The formula will be 'voter registrations' and your party vote numbers and what percentage u secure. This will be translated into 'council seat' allocation based on the 'total council seats up for grabs' and your voter percentage against voter registration.
Check it out here where deni said Puntland has 47 districts remaining to poll at 5:20-30 mark
Waryaa @cow I also thought that u need to secure a 51% majority in the council to form the local government. But I think the system being used is first past the post and you just need to be the no 1 highest voted party to form the local government. But this means the council will be diverse and u could become a minority local government in a sea of other strong parties with strong local council representation.
Coalitions can be formed in the local council but that doesn't erase the no 1 preferred party securing the control of the local government. Don't get me wrong, it will be hard to get things through the local council because your party hasn't secured a majority in the council and will need to 'consult' with other parties regularly.
Coalitions work well when two parties have an 80/20 relationship. This means u can combine a major and minor party into a coalition and share policies and positions. But when two parties are equal in votes like mideeye-sinan, coalitions usually don't work as u need to negiotate away your local government positions and policies and split it 50/50 which will damage each party backers and representatives.
I don't think this coalition of mideeye-sinan will work.
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