1969 Somali parliamentary election

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, in turn, 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 League260,04633.2473+4
Somali National Congress77,3399.8911–11
Somali Democratic Union46,0645.892–13
Popular Movement for Democratic Action42,6295.452New
Somali African National Union42,0065.376+1
Somali Socialist Party31,0583.972New
Somali Independent Constitutional Party27,6813.548–1
Liberal Party of Young Somalis25,6393.283+2
Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party16,7422.141New
United Somali Party13,9421.780–1
Ururka Dadka Dalka13,5431.731New
Somali National Solidarity Party12,2691.571New
Somali People's Movement Party8,5311.092New
Somali United Party7,9231.011New
Muslim Democratic Party6,6550.851New
Somali Republican party6,2400.800–1
Ubah Party5,9120.761New
Somali National League5,4040.6910
All Somali Association5,3950.691New
Somali Danwadag Union Party5,3890.691New
Somali Labour Party5,1220.651New
Progressive Socialist Union4,4260.571New
Organisation of Somali Unity4,3530.561New
Somali National Movement4,2900.550–1
Worker's and People's Democratic Party3,5240.451New
Somali African Democratic Party3,4710.441New
Somali National Union Manifesto2,9080.371New
Somali Amalgamation Party2,8700.371New
Justice and Freedom Party2,3050.291New
Somali Democratic Party2,2930.291New
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
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