Somali People's Democratic Party

Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party የኢትዮጵያ የሶማሌ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ ፓርቲ
Leader	Mohamed Rashid iIsak
Founded	1998
Merger of	Ethiopian Somali Democratic League, Ogaden National Liberation Front factions
Headquarters	Jijiga
Newspaper	Midnimo
Youth wing	ESPDP Youth League
Membership  (2010)	900,000
Ideology	Democratic socialism, Self-determination
Political position	Centre-left
Seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives	24 / 547
Website
http://www.spdp.org.et
Cited from party website

The Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP; Amharic: የሶማሌ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ ፓርቲ^?) is a political party in Ethiopia, officially representing the Somali people in Ethiopia. It is allied with, but not a member of, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

In the last general elections, the SPDP won 24 seats. These seats include 23 from the Somali Region and one from the chartered city of Dire Dawa. In the local elections for the Somali Region, which was held 30 May of that year, the SPDP won 75 seats in 13 kebeles of the Jijiga city council, 4,032 seats in 52 woredas as well as 47,849 seats in 706 kebeles of the Somali Region.

Its leading members include Abdi Mohamoud Omer, Mawlid Hayir current Ethiopian Somali Regional President and Vice-President, and Mohamed Rashid Isak, Ethiopian Somali Region Council Speaker and ((Fertun Abdi Mahdi)) Head of central office of the party.

At the general elections held 15 May 2005, the SPDP won 24 seats, 23 from the Somali Region and one from the chartered city of Dire Dawa. The chairman of the Pastorialist Affairs Committee for that session of Parliament was a member of the party. In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 161 out of 182 seats in the Somali Region.

In the 2008 by-elections, the SPDP won 74 seats in 16 kebeles in the Dire Dawa City Administration Council, and on the woreda level won 5,497 seats giving it complete control in 12 kebeles and partial control in 19 kebeles.

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