1959 Aden Legislative Council election

Elections to the Legislative Council were held in the Colony of Aden on 4 January 1959.

[2] This was raised to 12 elected seats on an enlarged Legislative Council of 23 members.

[2] Restrictions on suffrage led to only 21,500 people being registered to vote from a population of 180,000.

[2] Only 6,000 votes were cast, following calls for a boycott by the Aden Trade Union Congress, with voter turnout at just 27%.

[3] The winning candidates were all independents, and received between 902 and 207 votes:[3] Despite the pro-British nature of the elected members, the Legislative Council only narrowly approved joining the Federation of South Arabia.