It has 66 members who are elected for a period of five years through universal suffrage.

[1] The House of Representatives has the powers and duties to review, approve, reject, amend and create regulations, approve/reject war and implement a peace agreement when the government proposes it.

[1] After the establishment of Puntland, the legislature has been directly elected by the people in 1998, 2004, 2009, 2013 and 2018.

[2] On 4 January 2019, the legislature elected a speaker and two deputies.

This was followed by the successful election of the President of Puntland on 8 January 2019.