Territorial Council elections were held in French Somaliland on 18 November 1963.Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1968) Djibouti and the Horn of Africa, Stanford University Press, p81 Ali Aref Bourhan was elected president of the Executive Council following the elections.Djibouti Arago
Electoral system The elections were held using plurality voting in seven districts, with voters casting votes for candidate lists.Djibouti: History Nations Encyclopedia
Results
By ethnicity Ethnic groupSeats+/–Afars16+3Issas80Somalis3–3Europeans40Arabs10Total320Source: Sternberger et al.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p636
Aftermath Following the elections, Ali Aref Bourhan was elected vice-president of the Assembly by a vote of 27–5.Thompson & Adloff, p82
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