Somali parliamentary election, 1964

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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

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
Somali Youth League	472,296	51.7	69	−14
Somali National Congress	186,208	20.4	22	New
Somali Democratic Union	95,707	10.5	15	New
Somali Independent Constitutional Party	80,173	8.8	9	+4
United Somali Party	7,552	0.8	1	−11
Giovani S Partito Liberale	6,766	0.7	1	New
Somali National League	4,354	0.5	1	−19
Somali African National Union	3,930	0.4	1	New
Other parties	57,083	6.2	4	New
Total	914,069	100	123	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Elections in Somalia African Elections Database
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p812 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

Elections and referendums in Somalia

Presidential elections	1986

Parliamentary elections	1964 1969 1979 1984 next

Pre-unification	Italian Somaliland: 1954 1956 1958 1959 British Somaliland: 1959 1960

Referendums	1961 1979

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