1969 Somali parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia on 26 March 1969. A total of 64 parties ran in 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 gave the SYL control of 120 of the 123 seats. [2]

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This was to be the last election in Somalia prior to a coup d'état on 21 October, when officers of the far-left Supreme Revolutionary Council led by Siad Barre transformed Somalia into a single-party Marxist-Leninist state that would last until the fall of the regime in 1991. [3] [4] [5]

Electoral system

The electoral system used was a mixture of single-member plurality and party-list proportional representation. There were 48 electoral districts. In ten of them, only one member was elected, and thus the single-member plurality system was used. In the remaining districts, seats were distributed using party-list proportional representation and the Hare quota. The average number of members elected in a multi-member district was approximately three. [6]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Somali Youth League 260,04633.2473+4
Somali National Congress 77,3399.8911–11
Somali Democratic Union 46,0645.892–13
Popular Movement for Democratic Action 42,6295.452New
Somali African National Union 42,0065.376+1
Somali Socialist Party 31,0583.972New
Somali Independent Constitutional Party 27,6813.548–1
Liberal Party of Young Somalis 25,6393.283+2
Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party 16,7422.141New
United Somali Party 13,9421.780–1
Ururka Dadka Dalka 13,5431.731New
Somali National Solidarity Party 12,2691.571New
Somali People's Movement Party 8,5311.092New
Somali United Party 7,9231.011New
Muslim Democratic Party 6,6550.851New
Somali Republican party6,2400.800–1
Ubah Party 5,9120.761New
Somali National League 5,4040.6910
All Somali Association 5,3950.691New
Somali Danwadag Union Party 5,3890.691New
Somali Labour Party 5,1220.651New
Progressive Socialist Union 4,4260.571New
Organisation of Somali Unity 4,3530.561New
Somali National Movement 4,2900.550–1
Worker's and People's Democratic Party 3,5240.451New
Somali African Democratic Party 3,4710.441New
Somali National Union Manifesto 2,9080.371New
Somali Amalgamation Party 2,8700.371New
Justice and Freedom Party 2,3050.291New
Somali Democratic Party 2,2930.291New
34 other parties86,26511.030
Total782,234100.001270
Valid votes782,23488.94
Invalid/blank votes97,32011.06
Total votes879,554100.00
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

References

  1. Somalia Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Elections in Somalia African Elections Database
  3. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division (1993). "Siad Barre and Scientific Socialism". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Somalia: A Country Study. U.S. Government Publishing Office. ISBN   9780844407753.
  4. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division (1993). "Siad Barre's Repressive Measures". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Somalia: A Country Study. U.S. Government Publishing Office. ISBN   9780844407753.
  5. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division (1993). "The Social Order". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Somalia: A Country Study. U.S. Government Publishing Office. ISBN   9780844407753.
  6. Somalia Inter-Parliamentary Union