1959 French Somaliland by-election

{{Politics of Djibouti}}

A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in French Somaliland on 19 April 1959.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p634 Hassan Gouled Aptidon was elected as the territory's MP.

Results

{{Election results

|cand1=Hassan Gouled Aptidon|votes1=5906

|cand2=Houmed Aboubaker Houmed|votes2=5027

|cand3=Abdourahman Djama Hassan|votes3=764

|invalid=298

|electorate=21299

|source=Sternberger et al.

}}

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