1964 Aden Legislative Council election

Background

The elections had originally been scheduled for 1962 but after being postponed, they took place amid widespread unrest; political detentions were common and public meetings were banned. The major political parties, including the People's Socialist Party (PSP), all boycotted the elections.

A total of 48 candidates contested the 16 elected seats.[1]

Results

Despite the boycott, voter turnout was 76%.[1] A man imprisoned in the 1963 airport grenade attack against the British delegation received 98% of the vote in Crater, and 14 of the other 16 elected council members successfully demanded that he be released from prison and seated on the council.[2] Zain Baharoon initially continued as Chief Minister, but was replaced by the PSP's Abdulqawi Makkawi in March 1965.[1]

References
  1. Peter Hinchcliffe, John T Ducker & Maria Holt (2006) Without Glory in Arabia: The British Retreat from Aden, I.B.Tauris, p43
  2. Carapico, Sheila (1998). Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-521-03482-1. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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