1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

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1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
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  1958 21 April and 8 May 1965 1968  

All 207 seats in the Parliament
 First partySecond party
  Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa.jpg Ismail al-Azahri.jpg
Leader Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Ismail al-Azhari
Party NUP DUP
Seats won9059
Seat changeIncrease2.svg27Increase2.svg14

Prime Minister before election

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
NUP

Elected Prime Minister

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
NUP

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 21 April and 8 May 1965. Due to the civil war the seats in the south of the country were left vacant until by-elections on 8 March and 18 April 1967. [1] The result was a second successive victory for the Umma Party, which won 90 of the 173 seats. Voter turnout was 58.1%. [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Umma Party 90+27
National Unionist Party 59+14
Beja Congress 10New
Sudan African National Union 10New
Sudanese Communist Party 8New
Islamic Charter Front 5New
People's Democratic Party 3−24
Southern Sudan Liberals 1New
Independents21New
Total207+34
Total votes1,126,229
Registered voters/turnout1,959,88057.46
Source: Nohlen et al.

These results include the 1967 by-elections.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN   0-19-829645-2
  2. Nohlen et al., p854