Italian Somaliland parliamentary election, 1959

The parliamentary elections in Italian Somaliland or in the Trust Territory of Somalia in 1959 took place in March of that year.

The Hizbia Mustaqil Dastur al - Sumal and the Greater Somalia League boycotted the elections. As a result, has been retained ruling Somali Youth League win 83 of 90 seats in the enlarged Legislative Council, although they almost 100,000 votes less than received in the elections in 1956 ( 237 134 against 333 820 ).

Results

Italian Somaliland parliamentary election, 1956 British Somaliland parliamentary election, 1960 Somali parliamentary election, 1964 Somali parliamentary election, 1969 Somali parliamentary election, 1979 Somali parliamentary election, 1984 Somali constitutional referendum, 1961 Somali constitutional referendum, 1979
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