The Soviet arms deal restored the ruling party’s popular support.

Evidence

In the November municipal elections the government party won 665 of the available 904 seats (74 per cent), while its principal rival the Somali National Congress gained 105 seats. In the elections for the national assembly which followed on 30 March, 1964 – by which time the long train of border incidents with Ethiopia had erupted into open war and the Ogaden was in resurgence – the S.Y.L. position was again strongly maintained, though with a slightly reduced majority (S.Y.L., 69 seats; S.N.C., 22; S.D.U., 15; H.D.M.S., 9; others, 8). These results speak for themselves and show how effectively the League had recovered much of its wide popular support in circumstances which were bound to strengthen the government’s position. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 499 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Soviet arms deal restored the S.Y.L.’s landslide electoral dominance — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 499; Somalia rejected Western arms for cheaper Soviet military aid; The 1963 Soviet military accord armed a ten-thousand-man Somali army. (+1 more)

Related

• The Soviet arms deal restored the S.Y.L.’s landslide electoral dominance (similarity 0.94)
• The S.Y.L. won 43 of 60 seats in 1956 elections (similarity 0.84)
• Somalia rejected Western arms for cheaper Soviet military aid (similarity 0.83)
• The 1963 Soviet military accord armed a ten-thousand-man Somali army. (similarity 0.82)
• Somalia adopted Scientific Socialism partly due to Soviet arms dependence (similarity 0.81)
• Somalia rejected Western arms for larger Soviet military aid in 1963. (similarity 0.80)
• Somalia rejected Western for Soviet military aid to regain domestic prestige (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The Soviet arms deal restored the S.Y.L.’s landslide electoral dominance #corroborates (0.85) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 499
• The 1963 Soviet military accord armed a ten-thousand-man Somali army. #expands (0.60)
• Somalia rejected Western arms for cheaper Soviet military aid #corroborates (0.55)
• Somalia adopted Scientific Socialism partly due to Soviet arms dependence #expands (0.50)