1963 French Somaliland Territorial Council election

Territorial Council elections were held in French Somaliland on 18 November 1963. ^[1] Ali Aref Bourhan was elected president of the Executive Council following the elections. ^[2]

Electoral system

The elections were held using plurality voting in seven districts, with voters casting votes for candidate lists. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Afar Democratic Union			21	New
	Party of the People's Movement			6	New
	Issa Democratic Union			2	New
Others				3	–
Total				32	0
Total votes		21,408	–
Registered voters/turnout		28,728	74.52
Source: JPRS, Thompson & Adloff

By ethnicity

Ethnic group	Seats	+/–
Afars	16	+3
Issas	8	0
Somalis	3	–3
Europeans	4	0
Arabs	1	0
Total	32	0
Source: Sternberger et al. [4]

Aftermath

Following the elections, Ali Aref Bourhan was elected vice-president of the Assembly by a vote of 27–5. ^[5]

References

1. Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1968) Djibouti and the Horn of Africa, Stanford University Press, p81
2. Djibouti Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Arago
3. Djibouti: History Nations Encyclopedia
4. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p636
5. Thompson & Adloff, p82