Sudanese parliamentary election, 1968
Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 12 April and 2 May 1968. The election followed the resignation of a third of the members of the Assembly elected in 1965.[1] The result was a victory for the new Democratic Unionist Party, formed by a merger of the 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]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
| Democratic Unionist Party |
742,226 |
40.8 |
101 |
New |
| Umma Party-Sadiq |
384,986 |
21.2 |
36 |
New |
| Umma Party-Imam |
398,952 |
18.1 |
30 |
New |
| Independents |
70,047 |
3.9 |
9 |
-12 |
| Sudan African National Union |
60,493 |
3.3 |
15 |
+5 |
| Islamic Charter Front |
44,552 |
2.5 |
3 |
-2 |
| Umma Party |
43,288 |
2.4 |
6 |
-86 |
| Southern Front |
39,822 |
2.2 |
10 |
New |
| Socialist Front |
21,814 |
1.2 |
0 |
New |
| Socialists |
19.690 |
1.1 |
0 |
New |
| Beja Congress |
15,382 |
0.9 |
3 |
-7 |
| National Unionist Party |
10,159 |
0.6 |
0 |
-59 |
| No political affiliation |
8,264 |
0.5 |
1 |
New |
| Tenants' Union |
6,661 |
0.4 |
0 |
New |
| Workers' Forces |
5,204 |
0.39 |
1 |
New |
| Nuba Mountains Union |
3,171 |
0.2 |
2 |
New |
| The Nile |
2,704 |
0.2 |
1 |
New |
| Free |
1,844 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Islamic |
1,772 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Western Sudan Union |
1,695 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Sudanese Communist Party |
1,652 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Democratic South |
1,535 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Unity |
1,478 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Workers' Federation |
668 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| Peace |
387 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| Socialist Democrats |
220 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| National Unionist Party-Sadiq |
63 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| Congress of New Forces |
33 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| Invalid/blank votes |
43,139 |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
1,862,911 |
100 |
218 |
+11 |
| Source: Nohlen et al |
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