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A constitutional referendum was held in
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‘๐’›๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’–; ar, ุงู„ุตูˆู…ุงู„, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
on 20 June 1961 to vote on the new constitution for the country created the previous year by the union of
British Somaliland British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate ( so, Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somalia, French So ...
and
Italian Somaliland Italian Somalia ( it, Somalia Italiana; ar, ุงู„ุตูˆู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุฅูŠุทุงู„ูŠ, Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; so, Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th centu ...
. It was approved by 90.56% of voters. In the territory of former British Somaliland, the
Somali National League Somali may refer to: Horn of Africa * Somalis, an inhabitant or ethnicity associated with Greater Somali Region ** Proto-Somali, the ancestors of modern Somalis ** Somali culture ** Somali cuisine ** Somali language, a Cushitic language ** Somali, ...
(SNL) party encouraged a boycott of the referendum, and 60% of the approximately 100,000 votes from the area opposed the constitution. However the south of the country had 1,952,660 voters, effectively giving the south the power of veto, and obfuscated the fact there was no popular mandate for a union.


Electoral Fraud

More votes were cast in
Wanlaweyn Wanlaweyn ( Maay: ''Wanliwiing'') is a town in the southern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Situated around 90km (50 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, it is the center of the Wanlaweyn District. Demographics Wanlaweyn has a populati ...
, a small town in southern Somalia, than in the entirety of
Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, ุตูˆู…ุงู„ูŠู„ุงู†ุฏ ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, ุฌู…ู‡ูˆุฑูŠุฉ ุตูˆู…ุงู„ูŠู„ุงู†ุฏ, link=no ''Jumhลซrฤซyat แนขลซmฤlฤซlฤnd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...
. This created a climate of distrust and a new term for southerners โ€“ Wanla Weyn.Diriye Abdullahi, M. (2001)
Culture And Customs Of Somalia
', Greenwood Publishing Group, p.27


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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‘๐’›๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’–; ar, ุงู„ุตูˆู…ุงู„, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
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