Somali constitutional referendum, 1961

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A constitutional referendum was held in Somalia on 20 June 1961 to vote on the new constitution for the country created the previous year by the union of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. It was approved by 90.56% of voters.^[1]

In the Somaliland region the Somali National League (SNL) party encouraged a boycott of the referendum, and 60% of the approximately 100,000 votes from Somaliland opposed the constitution. However the south of the country had 1,952,660 voters, effectively giving the south the power of veto, and obfuscated the fact there was no popular mandate for a union.^[2]

Results

References

Elections and referendums in Somalia
Presidential elections	1986
Parliamentary elections	1964 1969 1979 1984 2016
Pre-unification	Italian Somaliland: 1954 1956 1958 1959 British Somaliland: 1959 1960
Referendums	1961 1979