Somalia’s 1959 election proceeded without a national population census

Evidence

The new party president and many others opposed the motion because they believed that other former colonies, such as India and Nigeria, had had free and fair elections in the absence of a national census. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 362

Categorization

Category: Connection Points

• XREF: Parallels other decolonization-era elections, like India 1951-52, held without full censuses.

Related

• Somalia held its 1959 election without a census, following India’s and Nigeria’s precedent (similarity 0.95)
• Somalia held its 1964 parliamentary election peacefully despite war with Ethiopia. (similarity 0.80)
• Somalia’s 1963 municipal election was its first local vote since independence. (similarity 0.79)
• Somalia’s March 30 election ran smoothly despite war with Ethiopia (similarity 0.78)