1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

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260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly Elections delayed in 41 seats
Turnout	3,948,544 (67.5%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi Ahmed al-Mirghani Hassan al-Turabi Party NUP DUP NIF Seats won 100 63 51
Party with the most seats by region    National Umma Party    Democratic Unionist Party    National Islamic Front    Progressive People's Party   Majority of seats unfilled
Prime Minister before election Al-Jazuli Daf'allah Independent Elected Prime Minister Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi NUP

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 1 and 12 April 1986. They were the first multi-party elections in the country since 1968, and saw a victory for the Umma Party, which emerged as the single largest party with 100 of the 260 filled seats in the National Assembly. No party emerged with a majority; the Umma Party formed a coalition government. ^[1]

The election took place amidst the Second Sudanese Civil War, and voting was postponed indefinitely in 41 seats in Southern Sudan due to security concerns. ^{[1] [2]} Voter turnout was 67.5%. ^[3] The election was among the freest and fairest elections in Africa up to that time. ^[1]

To date, these are the last free elections held in Sudan.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Umma Party	1,508,334	38.44	100
	Democratic Unionist Party	1,163,961	29.67	63
	National Islamic Front	726,021	18.51	51
	Sudanese National Party	86,461	2.20	8
	Sudanese Communist Party	67,937	1.73	3
	National Umma Party	37,662	0.96	0
	Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity	37,070	0.94	0
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	35,767	0.91	0
	Sudan African People's Congress	31,944	0.81	7
	Umma Party–Iman	29,241	0.75	0
	Progressive People's Party	27,674	0.71	10
	Southern Sudanese Political Association	25,268	0.64	8
	Beja Congress	14,291	0.36	1
	Sudanese African Congress			2
	Sudan People's Federal Party			1
	Other parties	33,122	0.84	0
	Independents	98,606	2.51	6
Vacant				41
Total		3,923,359	100.00	301
Valid votes		3,923,359	99.36
Invalid/blank votes		25,185	0.64
Total votes		3,948,544	100.00
Source: Woodward

By constituency

Graduate constituencies

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Islamic Front		38.2	23
	Sudanese Communist Party		19.2	1
	Umma Party		15.9	0
	Democratic Unionist Party		9.6	0
	National Umma Party		2.0	0
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party		2.0	0
	Progressive People's Party		0.4	2
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		0.3	1
	Sudan African People's Congress		0.2	0
	Sudanese African Congress			1
	Others		5.2	0
	Independents		7.0	0
Total				28
Source: Woodward

Khartoum

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Unionist Party		30.5	9
	National Islamic Front		29.8	13
	Umma Party		20.7	6
	Sudanese Communist Party		6.0	2
	Sudanese National Party		4.5	1
	National Umma Party		2.4	0
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party		2.1	0
	Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity		1.6	0
	Umma Party–Iman		0.1	0
	Other parties		0.7	0
	Independents		1.6	0
Total				31
Source: Woodward

Bahr el Ghazal

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		44.5	3
	Umma Party		31.2	1
	National Islamic Front		23.4	0
	Independents		0.8	0
Vacant				24
Total				28
Source: Woodward

Equatoria

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sudan African People's Congress		38.0	7
	Progressive People's Party		32.5	8
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		16.9	2
	National Islamic Front		6.6	0
	Umma Party		0.3	0
	Other parties		1.4	0
	Independents		4.3	1
Vacant				2
Total				20
Source: Woodward

Upper Nile

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Umma Party		37.1	1
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		21.8	2
	National Islamic Front		9.4	0
	Democratic Unionist Party		3.8	0
	Progressive People's Party		1.1	0
	Sudanese African Congress			1
	Sudan People's Federal Party			1
	Other parties		25.5	0
	Independents		1.3	0
Vacant				15
Total				20
Source: Woodward

References

1. Shinn, David H. (2015). "Elections" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan : a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 232–234. ISBN   978-0-8444-0750-0. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN   0-19-829645-2