(1) The Houses of the Federal Parliament shall elect the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia in a joint session, presided over by the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament.
(2) A minimum of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of each House of the Federal Parliament must be present when electing the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
(3) Candidatures must be proposed to the joint session of the Houses of the Federal Parliament by a minimum of twenty
(20) members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament, or a minimum of one
(1) Federal Member State.
(4) When the members of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament are voting for the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, each one of them has one vote.
(5) Every presidential candidate has to declare his candidacy to the Houses of the Federal Parliament and shall present his election programme to the Federal Parliament, which shall then elect the President by the following process: (a) The election of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia shall be conducted by secret ballot;; (b) Any candidate who gains a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the total membership of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament shall be elected President of the Federal Republic of Somalia;; (c) If no candidate gains the necessary two-thirds (2/3) majority in the first round, a second round of voting shall be conducted for the four candidates with the greatest number of votes from the first round, and any candidate who gains a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the total membership of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament in the second round shall be elected President of the Federal Republic of Somalia;; (d) If no candidate gains the necessary two-thirds (2/3) majority in the second round, a third round of voting shall be conducted between the two candidates with the greatest number of votes from the second round, and the candidate who gains the greatest number of votes in the third round shall be elected President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.