Election Results
ITALIAN TRUST TERRITORY (SOUTHERN SOMALIA)
BRITISH SOMALILAND
Legislative Council: 1960
SOMALIA
Legislative
1956 Italian Trust Territory (Southern Somalia)
Legislative Assembly Election
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Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
Not Available (N/A) |
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Invalid/Blank Votes |
Not Available |
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Total Valid Votes |
614,909 |
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Party |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Number of Seats (60)* |
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Somali Youth League (SYL) |
333,820 |
54.29% |
43 |
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Hizbia Digil and Mirifle (HDM) |
159,967 |
26.01% |
13 |
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Somali Democratic Movement (SDM) |
80,866 |
13.15% |
03 |
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Marehan Union (MU) |
11,358 |
1.85% |
01 |
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Others |
28,898 |
4.70% |
- |
*An additional ten seats were reserved for Indians, Arabs, and other non-Somalis.
March 1959 Italian Administered Trust Territory (Southern Somalia)
Legislative Assembly Election*
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Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
Not Available (N/A) |
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Invalid/Blank Votes |
Not Available |
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Total Valid Votes |
313,760 |
|
Party |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Number of Seats (90) |
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Somali Youth League (SYL) |
237,134 |
75.58% |
83 |
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Others |
76,626 |
24.42% |
07 |
*The election was boycotted by the Somali Independent
Constitutional Party (HDMS) and the Greater Somali League (GSL).
February 1960 British Somaliland Legislative Council Election
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Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
Not Available (N/A) |
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Party |
Number of Seats (33) |
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Somali National League (SNL) |
20 |
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United Somali Party (USP) |
12 |
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National United Front (NUF) |
01 |
Note: British Somaliland
received its independence on June 26, 1960, and united with the former Italian trust territory of Somalia on July 1,
1960 to form the Somali Republic. The two legislative assemblies merged together forming the National Assembly of the Republic
with 123 total seats.
20 June 1961 Constitutional Referendum
Main Points: N/A
|
Registered Voters |
Not Available |
|
Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
1,948,348 (N/A) |
|
Invalid/Blank Votes |
9,132 |
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Total Valid Votes |
1,939,216 |
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Results |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
|
"Yes" Votes |
1,756,216 |
90.56% |
|
"No" Votes |
183,000 |
09.44% |
30 March 1964 National Assembly Election
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Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
Not Available (N/A) |
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Party |
Number of Seats (123) |
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Somali Youth League (SYL) |
69 |
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Somali National Congress (SNC) |
22 |
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Somali Democratic Union (SDU) |
15 |
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Somali Independent Constitutional Party (HDMS) |
09 |
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Others |
08 |
26 March 1969 National Assembly Election*
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Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
879,554 (N/A) |
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Invalid/Blank Votes |
97,320 |
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Total Valid Votes |
782,234 |
|
Party |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Number of Seats (123) |
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Somali Youth League (SYL) |
260,046 |
33.24% |
73 |
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Somali National Congress (SNC) |
77,339 |
9.89% |
11 |
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Somali Independent Constitutional Party (HDMS) |
27,681 |
3.54% |
08 |
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Somali African National Union (SANU) |
42,006 |
5.37% |
06 |
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Liberal Somali Youth Party (PLGS) |
25,639 |
3.28% |
03 |
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Somali Democratic Union (SDU) |
46,064 |
5.89% |
02 |
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Others |
303,459 |
38.79% |
20 |
*Many candidates affiliated with a major party
only long enough to use its symbol in the election campaign and, if elected, abandoned it for the winning side as soon as
the National Assembly met. Thus, by the end of May 1969 the Somali Youth League (SYL) parliamentary cohort had swelled from
73 to 109. In addition, the eleven Somali National Congress (SNC) members had formed a coalition with the SYL, which held
120 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly.
25 August 1979 Constitutional Referendum
Main Points: Single Party Presidential Republic
|
Registered Voters |
Not Available |
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Total Votes (Voter Turnout) |
Not Available (N/A) |
|
Invalid/Blank Votes |
Not Available |
|
Total Valid Votes |
3,605,490 |
|
Results |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
|
"Yes" Votes |
3,597,592 |
99.78% |
|
"No" Votes |
7,898 |
00.22% |
Single Party Elections
Sole Legal Party: Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
(SRSP)
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30 Dec 1979 People's Assembly Election* (177 Seats) |
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31 Dec 1984 People's Assembly Election (177 Seats) |
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23 Dec 1986 Presidential Election (Siad Barre re-elected unopposed with 99.9% of the vote) |
*The People’s Assembly elected Siad Barre president
on 26 January 1980.
DISINTEGRATION OF SOMALIA (1991-Present)
After the departure of President Siad Barre in early
1991, Somalia became fragmented and engaged in civil war. Warlords and rival clans clashed and claimed parts of the nation
as their territory. The former British Somaliland seceded from the rest of Somalia in May 1991 as the "Republic of Somaliland", and a stable government has been set up. It is not internationally
recognized and the people recently ratified a constitution that formally removes it from the Somali Republic. In 1998, a part
of Northeastern Somalia declared itself the autonomous "Puntland State". The regional administration states that it wants to remain part of
a Somalia. This region is also unrecognized by the international community. For a short time in 2002, a region known as the
"State of Southwestern Somalia" existed, but its leader fled the ‘capital’ months later.
From July 1992 to August 27, 2000, the United Nations
declared Somalia a country "without a government".
An internationally recognized transitional government
was convened in August 2000, but the government has little control over the nation, which is mostly controlled by rival warlords
and clans.
26 August 2000 Presidential Election (Chosen by the 238-member Transitional Parliament)
First Round
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Total Votes |
238 |
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Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
3 |
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Total Valid Votes |
235 |
Second Round
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Total Votes |
238 |
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Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
2 |
|
Total Valid Votes |
236 |
Third Round
|
Total Votes |
238 |
|
Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
1 |
|
Total Valid Votes |
237 |
|
Candidate |
First Round |
Second Round |
Third Round |
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Abdulkassim Salat Hassan |
78 (33.19%) |
124 (52.54%) |
145 (61.18%) |
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Abdullahi Ahmed Adow |
83 (35.32%) |
110 (46.61%) |
92 (38.82%) |
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Ali Galaydh |
35 (14.89%) |
02 (00.85%) |
- |
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Ali Mahdi |
12 (05.11%) |
* |
- |
|
12 Others |
27 (11.49%) |
- |
- |
*Although Ali Mahdi qualified to participate
in the second round, he withdrew from the competition.
A 275 member Transitional Federal Parliament was inaugurated
in September 2004.
10 October 2004 Presidential Election (Chosen by the 275-member Transitional Federal Parliament)
First Round
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Total Votes |
275 |
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Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
2 |
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Total Valid Votes |
273 | Second Round
|
Total Votes |
275 |
|
Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
7 |
|
Total Valid Votes |
268 |
Third Round
|
Total Votes |
275 |
|
Abstentions/Invalid Votes |
7 |
|
Total Valid Votes |
268 |
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Candidate |
First Round |
Second Round |
Third Round |
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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed |
80 (29.30%) |
147 (54.85%) |
189 (70.52%) |
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Abdullahi Ahmed Adow |
35 (12.82%) |
83 (30.97%) |
79 (29.48%) |
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Mohammed Qanyare Afrah |
33 (12.09%) |
38 (14.58%) |
- |
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Abdulrahman Jamma Barre |
18 (06.59%) |
* |
- |
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Abdulkassim Salat Hassan |
16 (05.86%) |
* |
- |
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Mohammed Hassan Adow |
14 (05.13%) |
* |
- |
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Muse Sudi Yalahow |
13 (04.76%) |
- |
-
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Osman Jama Ali "Kalun" |
10 (03.66%) |
- |
- |
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18 Others |
54 (19.78%) |
- |
- |
*Although Abdulrahman Jamma Barre, Abdulkassim Salat
Hassan, and Mohammed Hassan Adow qualified to participate in the second round, they withdrew from the competition.
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