1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

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1953 Sudanese parliamentary election
Flag of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.svg
2 and 25 November 1953 1958  

All 97 seats in the House of Representatives
All 50 seats in the Senate
 First partySecond party
  Ismail al-Azhari.jpg Abdallah Khalil Official.png
Leader Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah Khalil
Party DUP NUP
House seats5122
Senate seats318

Chief Minister before election

Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi

Elected Chief Minister

Ismail al-Azhari

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 House of Representatives. 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]

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Results

House of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
National Unionist Party 229,22151
Umma Party 190,82222
Southern Party 9
Socialist Republican Party 3
Anti-Imperialist Front 1
Independents11
Total97
Registered voters/turnout1,687,000
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al. [3]

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
ElectedNominatedTotal
National Unionist Party 211031
Umma Party 448
Southern Party 336
Socialist Republican Party 101
Independents134
Total302050
Total votes4,092
Registered voters/turnout4,92683.07
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al

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References

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  2. Cowen, L & Laakso, L (2002) Multi-Party Elections in Africa, p254
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