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The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).", "category": "politics", "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 13, "columns": [ { "key": "partyfacts_id", "label": "Partyfacts Id", "type": "number" }, { "key": "name_short", "label": "Name Short", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name", "label": "Name", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_english", "label": "Name English", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_other", "label": "Name Other", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year_first", "label": "Year First", "type": "number" }, { "key": "year_last", "label": "Year Last", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share", "label": "Share", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share_year", "label": "Share Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "wikipedia", "label": "Wikipedia", "type": "string" }, { "key": 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"year_first": 1943, "year_last": 1969, "share": 51.7, "share_year": 1964, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Youth_League", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6465, "name_short": "HDM", "name": "Hizbia Digil and Mirifle", "name_english": "Hizbia Digil and Mirifle", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": 1956, "share": 26, "share_year": 1956, "wikipedia": "", "description": "Italian Trust Territory (Southern Somalia)", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6464, "name_short": "NUF", "name": "National United Front", "name_english": "National United Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1960, "year_last": 1960, "share": 24.9, "share_year": 1960, "wikipedia": "", "description": "British Somaliland", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5285, "name_short": "SNC", "name": "Somali National Congress", "name_english": "Somali National Congress", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1964, "year_last": 1969, "share": 17.9, "share_year": 1964, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6451, "name_short": "USP", "name": "United Somali Party", "name_english": "United Somali Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1960, "year_last": 1969, "share": 16.4, "share_year": 1960, "wikipedia": "", "description": "the \"new\" USP had no affiliation to the original group founded in the 1950s", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6463, "name_short": "SDM", "name": "Somali Democratic Movement", "name_english": "Somali Democratic Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": 1956, "share": 13.2, "share_year": 1956, "wikipedia": "", "description": "Italian Trust Territory (Southern Somalia)", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6466, "name_short": "HDMS", "name": "Somali Independent Constitutional Party", "name_english": "Somali Independent Constitutional Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1959, "year_last": 1969, "share": 13, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "", "description": "1959: Italian Trust Territory (Southern Somalia)", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7493, "name_short": "PLGS", "name": "Liberal Somali Youth Party", "name_english": "Liberal Somali Youth Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1959, "year_last": 1969, "share": 11.4, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6467, "name_short": "SDU", "name": "Somali Democratic Union", "name_english": "Somali Democratic Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1964, "year_last": 1969, "share": 10.5, "share_year": 1964, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6606, "name_short": "PMDA", "name": "Popular Movement for Democratic Action", "name_english": "Popular Movement for Democratic Action", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1969, "year_last": 1969, "share": 5.5, "share_year": 1969, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6736, "name_short": "SANU", "name": "Somali African National Union", "name_english": "Somali African National Union", "name_other": "Arabic: الاتحاد الافريقي الوطني الصومالي", "year_first": 1964, "year_last": "", "share": 5.4, "share_year": 1969, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_African_National_Union", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Somalia — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Somalia from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 13 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Somalia — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Somalia — Political Parties dataset with 13 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 13 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }