Sudanese parliamentary election, 1958

Sudanese parliamentary election, 1958

27 February & 8 March 1958

All 173 seats to the Parliament All 30 seats to the Senate   First party Second party   Leader Abdullah Khalil Ismail al-Azhari Party Umma Party NUP Parliamentary Seats 63 45 Parliamentary Change 41 6 Senate Seats 14 5 Senate Change 6 26

Prime Minister before election Ismail al-Azhari DUP Elected Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil Umma Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 27 February and 8 March 1958.^[1] The first elections since independence in 1956, they were supposed to be held in August 1957, but were postponed by the ruling council, who claimed that flooding would affect the vote.^[2] The result was a victory for the Umma Party, which won 63 of the 173 seats.

The Southern Sudan Federal Party competed in the election, and won 40 of the 46 seats allocated to the southern provinces. The party platform represented a serious challenge to the authorities.^[3] However, when it became clear that the party's demands for a federal structure would be ignored by the Constituent Assembly, on 16 June 1958 the southern MPs left parliament.^[4]

Results

Parliament

According to Elections in Africa: A data handbook, the eventual results were:^[1]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	Umma Party			63	41
	National Unionist Party			45	6
	Southern Sudan Federal Party			38	New
	People's Democratic Party			27	New
Total				173	76
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	Umma Party			14	6
	National Unionist Party			5	26
	People's Democratic Party			5	New
Various Southern parties				6	New
Total				30	20
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Elections and referendums in Sudan Presidential elections 1971 1977 1983 1996 2000 2010 2015 Parliamentary elections 1953 1958 1965 1968 1974 1978 1980 1981–82 1986 1996 2000 2010 2015 Referendums 1998 Abyei Darfur