Somali parliamentary election, 1969
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Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia on 26 March 1969. A total of 64 parties contested the election, many of which had been formed shortly beforehand.[1] The result was a victory for the Somali Youth League (SYL), which won 73 of the 123 seats. In total, 27 parties won seats, but immediately after the elections, most of the MPs for the smaller parties joined the Somali Youth League. The SYL held 109 seats by the end of May, in addition to being in a coalition with the Somali National Congress. This, in turn, gave the SYL control of 120 of the 123 seats.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
Somali Youth League | 260,046 | 33.24 | 73 | +4 |
Somali National Congress | 77,339 | 9.89 | 11 | –11 |
Somali Democratic Union | 46,064 | 5.89 | 2 | –13 |
Popular Movement for Democratic Action | 42,629 | 5.45 | 2 | New |
Somali African National Union | 42,006 | 5.43 | 6 | +1 |
Somali Socialist Party | 31,058 | 3.97 | 2 | New |
Somali Independent Constitutional Party | 27,681 | 3.54 | 8 | –1 |
Liberal Party of Young Somalis | 25,639 | 3.28 | 3 | +2 |
Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party | 16,742 | 2.14 | 1 | New |
United Somali Party | 13,942 | 1.78 | 0 | –1 |
Ururka Dadka Dalka | 13,543 | 1.73 | 1 | New |
Somali National Solidarity Party | 12,269 | 1.57 | 1 | New |
Somali People's Movement Party | 8,531 | 1.09 | 2 | New |
Somali United Party | 7,923 | 1.01 | 1 | New |
Muslim Democratic Party | 6,655 | 0.85 | 1 | New |
Somali Republican party | 6,240 | 0.80 | 0 | –1 |
Ubah Party | 5,912 | 0.76 | 1 | New |
Somali National League | 5,404 | 0.69 | 1 | 0 |
All Somali Association | 5,395 | 0.69 | 1 | New |
Somali Danwadag Union Party | 5,389 | 0.69 | 1 | New |
Somali Labour Party | 5,122 | 0.65 | 1 | New |
Progressive Socialist Union | 4,426 | 0.57 | 1 | New |
Organisation of Somali Unity | 4,353 | 0.56 | 1 | New |
Somali National Movement | 4,290 | 0.55 | 0 | –1 |
Worker's and People's Democratic Party | 3,524 | 0.45 | 1 | New |
Somali African Democratic Party | 3,471 | 0.44 | 1 | New |
Somali National Union Manifesto | 2,908 | 0.37 | 1 | New |
Somali Amalgamation Party | 2,870 | 0.37 | 1 | New |
Partito Guistizia e Liberta | 2,305 | 0.29 | 1 | New |
Somali Democratic Party | 2,293 | 0.29 | 1 | New |
Other parties (34) | 86,265 | 10.90 | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 97,320 | – | – | – |
Total | 879,554 | 100 | 123 | 0 |
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union |
References
- ↑ Somalia Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ↑ Elections in Somalia African Elections Database