Elections in Sudan

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In typical elections, Sudan elects on a national level head of state – the president – and a legislature. In the election of 2010, there were two presidential elections, one for the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan and one for the Presidency of the Government of Southern Sudan. Elections for the unicameral, 360-member National Assembly were last held in April 2015.

The

Council of States
(Majlis Welayat) had 50 members who were indirectly elected by state legislatures. All members of the National Legislature served six-year terms.

In the early twenty-first century, Sudan was a

parties
were allowed, but were widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

On 11 April 2019, Sudan was taken over by a

2019 Sudanese transition to democracy deal.[1]

History

Sudan has had national level elections since 1948 while it was still an Anglo–Egyptian colony. Independence from or union with Egypt was a major electoral platform in the 1948 election.[2]

Following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, elections initially did not play a role in determining the composition of the interim national government, the South Sudan government, or the state legislatures.[3] An out of date national census and, in the case of South Sudan, a complete lack of infrastructure for conducting an election, rendered the electoral process moot.[3] As a result, all government officials and all governing bodies consisted of appointed officials until the completion of a census in 2008 and national elections in 2010.[3] The SPLM rejected the results of the census, claiming that it underestimated populations in the South.[3] The National Elections Act of 2008 provided the legal framework for conducting elections in Sudan, South Sudan, and in each state.[3] The National Elections Commission was responsible for developing the regulations, rules, and orders for the election of the national president, South Sudan president, state governors, National Assembly, South Sudan Legislative Assembly, and state assemblies.[3]

Presidential election

Turnout by state.
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union
47,6530.85
Mohamed Elhassan MohamedNational Reform Party42,3990.76
Abdul Mahmoud Abdul Jabar RahamtallaUnion of the Nation's Forces41,1340.74
Hamdi Hassan AhmedIndependent18,0430.32
Mohamed Ahmed Abdul Gadir Al ArbabIndependent16,9660.30
Yasser Yahiya Salih Abdul GadirIndependent16,6090.30
Khairi BakhitIndependent11,8520.21
Adel Dafalla JabirIndependent9,4350.17
Mohamed Awad Al BarowIndependent9,3880.17
Asad Al Nil Adel Yassin Al SaafiIndependent9,3590.17
Alam Al Huda Ahmed Osman Mohamed AliIndependent8,1330.15
Ahmed Al Radhi Jadalla SalemIndependent7,7510.14
Isaam Al Ghali Tajj Eddin AliIndependent7,5870.14
Omar Awad Al Karim Hussein AliIndependent6,2970.11
Total5,584,863100.00
Valid votes5,584,86391.68
Invalid/blank votes506,5498.32
Total votes6,091,412100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,126,98946.40
Source: NEC

Parliamentary election

PartyProportionalReservedConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union
16,5080.33000
People's Movement Party14,0180.28015,5950.30011
Sudanese National Front Party12,7400.25000
Sudanese Socialist Union Party al-Maywa8,6860.17000
Centre Party for Justice and Development11
General Federation of North and South Funj11
Ana al-Sudan11
Black Free11
Independents1919+16
Total4,999,532100.00855,184,119100.00128213426–24
Source: NEC

See also

References

  1. ^ Kirby, Jen (2019-07-06). "Sudan's military and civilian opposition have reached a power-sharing deal". Vox. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ "The Sudan Elections". The Spectator. 1948-11-26. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. ^ .

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