1979 Somali parliamentary election

none Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia on 30 December 1979. The elections were the first since 1969 and the first to be held under the new constitution approved in a referendum held in August, which had made the country a one-party state. As a result, the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP) was the only party to participate in the election, with voters being asked to vote yes or no to a single list of 171 candidates.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p812 0-19-829645-2 A reported 99.95% of voters ultimately approved the list. The Assembly elected Siad Barre as President, who then nominated a further six members to the Assembly.Somalia Inter-Parliamentary Union Results Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party 3982532 171 Against 1826 Appointed members 6 1480 Inter-Parliamentary Union, Osman Haji,Abdiwahid Osman Haji (2001) Somalia: A Chronology of Historical Documents 1827-2000, p10 References Somalia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Somalia Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Somalia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results