The Soviet arms deal restored the S.Y.L.’s landslide electoral dominance

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

Categorization

• XREF: The border incidents erupting into open war here is the escalation that precedes the 1964 ceasefire and later Ogaden war. — connects to: The Soviet arms deal restored the ruling party’s popular support.; The S.Y.L. won 43 of 60 seats in 1956 elections — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 390; Factional strife within the S.Y.L. weakened the new Somali government — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 500 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 499

Related

• The Soviet arms deal restored the ruling party’s popular support. (similarity 0.94)
• The S.Y.L. won 43 of 60 seats in 1956 elections (similarity 0.88)
• Italian trust administration and S.Y.L. reconciled by 1956 (similarity 0.82)
• Electoral success deepened the S.Y.L.’s internal clan divisions (similarity 0.79)
• Factional strife within the S.Y.L. weakened the new Somali government (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The S.Y.L. won 43 of 60 seats in 1956 elections #corroborates (0.75) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 390
• Italian trust administration and S.Y.L. reconciled by 1956 #responds-to (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 390
• Factional strife within the S.Y.L. weakened the new Somali government #complicates (0.40) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 500