1959 Italian Somaliland parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Italian Trust Territory of Somaliland on 8 March 1959.History
The Somali Independent Constitutional Party and the Greater Somalia League boycotted the election. The result was a victory for the ruling Somali Youth League, which won 83 of the 90 seats in the enlarged Legislative Council, despite the party's number of votes falling from 333,820 to 237,134.Results
