Sudanese parliamentary election, 1953

Sudanese parliamentary election, 1953
2 & 25 November 1953
All 97 seats to the Parliament
All 50 seats to the Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah Khalil
Party NUP Umma Party
Seats won 37
Parliamentary Seats 51 22
Senate Seats 31 8
Chief Minister before election

Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi

 Elected Chief Minister

Ismail al-Azhari

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 2 and 25 November 1953,[1] prior to the implementation of home rule. The result was a victory for the National Unionist Party, which won 51 of the 97 seats in Parliament. The NUP also obtained a majority in the Senate, where they won 21 of the 30 indirectly elected seats (elected by local and provincial councils) and 10 of the 20 members were nominated to the Senate by the British Governor-General. Although the Umma Party and some of the British press alleged that Egypt had interfered in the election, it was generally seen as free and fair.[2]

Results

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
National Unionist Party 51
Umma Party 22
Independents 12
Southern Party 9
Republican Socialist Party 3
Total 97
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats Total
Indirectly-elected Nominated
National Unionist Party 211031
Umma Party 448
Southern Party 336
Independents 134
Republican Socialist Party 101
Total 302050
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ↑ Cowen, L & Laakso, L (2002) Multi-Party Elections in Africa, p254