The Somaliland Guurti’s April 2026 approval of a 27-month term extension for the House of Representatives has anchored trader consensus around no parliamentary election before 2027. Official justifications centered on security constraints in Sool, Sanaag, Awdal and SSC regions, widespread drought disrupting voter registration, and National Electoral Commission assessments of technical readiness that prompted a shift from the prior May 2026 target to March 2027. This institutional decision, supported by a near-unanimous Guurti vote, reflects standard procedures for handling exceptional circumstances under Somaliland’s constitutional framework. An earlier poll would require fresh political agreement among parties, rapid resolution of eastern security issues, or reversal of the extended mandate—developments that remain low-probability given the timeline and ongoing regional conditions.