2021–2022 Somali parliamentary election

In 2021, elections for the Federal Parliament and subsequently the President of Somalia were due to take place, following a national agreement to reschedule them from the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The elections for the Senate of the Federal Parliament began on 29 July and concluded on 13 November.

The elections for the House of People began on 1 November 2021 and concluded on 31 March 2022. They were initially scheduled to end on 24 December 2021, however, by 25 December, only 24 of 275 representatives had been elected and the ongoing political crisis further complicated matters. The incumbent president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has been in office since the February 2017 election and his term expired on 8 February 2021; however, it was extended until after the parliamentary elections would be completed. On 10 January 2022, Somali leaders announced they struck a deal to complete the elections for the House of the People by 25 February, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the country. The agreement was reached after several days of talks, hosted by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, with state leaders aimed at ending an impasse over the polls. On 25 February 2022, the election deadline was further postponed to 15 March. On 15 March, the deadline was again further postponed to 31 March. The election was completed on 31 March and the results were announced on 1 April.

The presidential elections date was thereafter set for 15 May. The president was indirectly elected by the members of both houses of the Federal Parliament. The International Monetary Fund threatened Somalia would lose access to a three-year $400-million aid package, if a new administration was not in place by the end of May. After three rounds, involving 36 candidates, parliamentary officials counted more than 165 votes in favour of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, more than the number required to defeat the incumbent president. He was declared president in a peaceful transition of power after the incumbent president conceded defeat and congratulated the victor.