1964 Somali parliamentary election
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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]
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March 30 1964
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123 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly 62 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 914,069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | +/– | |
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| Somali Youth League | 472,296 | 51.67 | 69 | −14 | |
| Somali National Congress | 186,208 | 20.37 | 22 | New | |
| Somali Democratic Union | 95,707 | 10.47 | 15 | New | |
| Somali Independent Constitutional Party | 80,173 | 8.77 | 9 | +4 | |
| United Somali Party | 7,552 | 0.83 | 1 | −11 | |
| Liberal Party of Somali Youth | 6,766 | 0.74 | 1 | New | |
| Somali National League | 4,354 | 0.48 | 1 | −19 | |
| Somali African National Union | 3,930 | 0.43 | 1 | New | |
| 13 other parties | 57,083 | 6.24 | 4 | New | |
| Total | 914,069 | 100.00 | 123 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||