1968 Sudanese parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in
National Unionist Party and the People's Democratic Party in December 1967 and led by President Ismail al-Azhari, which won 101 of the 218 seats. Voter turnout was 61.0%.[2]
In contrast, since the last election the Umma Party had fractured, with competing wings being led by Sadiq al-Mahdi and Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi. Whilst Sadiq's Umma party emerged as the stronger of the two wings, Sadiq actually lost his own seat in the election to a rival from the Imam wing.[3] In total the various Umma party affiliates won some 827,289 votes, or 45.46% of the vote, compared to the 40.8% won by the DUP. The Umma affiliates won only 72 seats, in contrast to the 90 seats won at the previous election.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Unionist Party–Sadiq | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Congress of New Forces | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| No political affiliation[a] | 8,264 | 0.45 | 1 | New | |
| Independents | 70,047 | 3.85 | 9 | –12 | |
| Total | 1,819,762 | 100.00 | 218 | +11 | |
| Valid votes | 1,819,762 | 97.68 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 43,139 | 2.32 | |||
| Total votes | 1,862,901 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,051,118 | 61.06 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
- ^ a b Although the Sudanese Communist Party had been banned in 1966, and could not formally participate in the election, two candidates were listed in the official election results as 'Communists'. The party's general secretary Abdel Khaliq Mahjub was elected from Omdurman South but listed by the Election Commission as having 'no political affiliation'.[4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 259.
- ^ ARR: Arab Report and Record. Economic Features, Limited. 1968. p. 144.
- ISBN 978-1-349-08836-2.
- ISBN 978-0-275-22730-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6180-0.
