1964 Somali parliamentary election

1964 Somali parliamentary election
← 1959
March 30 1964
1969 →
123 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly
62 seats needed for a majority
Turnout914,069
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
SNC
Leader Aden Abdulle Osman Ali Jimale Haji Muhammad Huseyn
Party SYL Somali National Congress Somali Democratic Union
Leader's seat Beledweyne Beledweyne Merca
Seats won 69 22 15
Popular vote 472,296 186,208 95,707
Percentage 51.7 20.4% 10.5%

Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia on 30 March 1964. The result was a victory for the Somali Youth League (SYL), which won 69 of the 123 seats.[1][2]

Background

The elections were the first to be held since the merger of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland created Somalia in 1960. After the union the two territories' parliaments had merged, retaining the same number of seats as in the 1960 elections in British Somaliland and the 1959 elections in Italian Somaliland.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Somali Youth League472,29651.6769−14
Somali National Congress186,20820.3722New
Somali Democratic Union95,70710.4715New
Somali Independent Constitutional Party80,1738.779+4
United Somali Party7,5520.831−11
Liberal Party of Somali Youth6,7660.741New
Somali National League4,3540.481−19
Somali African National Union3,9300.431New
13 other parties57,0836.244New
Total914,069100.001230
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Elections in Somalia African Elections Database
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p812 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Somali_parliamentary_election