Sudanese parliamentary election, 1968
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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]
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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Democratic Unionist Party | 742,226 | 40.8 | 101 | New | |
Umma Party-Sadiq | 384,986 | 21.2 | 36 | New | |
Umma Party-Imam | 329,952 | 18.1 | 30 | New | |
Independents | 70,047 | 3.9 | 9 | ![]() | |
Sudan African National Union | 60,493 | 3.3 | 15 | ![]() | |
Islamic Charter Front | 44,552 | 2.5 | 3 | ![]() | |
Umma Party | 43,288 | 2.4 | 6 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | |
National Unionist Party | 10,159 | 0.6 | 0 | New | |
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 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,051,118 | 61.0 | – | – | |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p855 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ↑ Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 259.
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