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1968 Sudanese parliamentary election


FieldValue
countrySudan
flag_imageFlag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg
typeparliamentary
previous_election1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
previous_year1965
next_election1974 Sudanese parliamentary election
next_year1974
seats_for_electionAll 218 seats in Parliament
majority_seats110
election_date12 April – 2 May 1968
registered3,051,118
turnout1,862,901 (61.06%)
image_size130x130px
image1Ismail al-Azhari.webp
leader1Ismail al-Azhari
party1Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)
last_election162
seats1**101**
seat_change139
popular_vote1**742,226**
percentage1**40.79%**
image2Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi 1964.jpg
colour2006803
leader2Sadiq al-Mahdi
party2Umma–Sadiq
last_election2
seats236
seat_change2*New*
popular_vote2384,986
percentage221.16%
image3Imam al-Mahdi al-Hahdi.png
colour3006803
leader3Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi
party3Umma–Imam
last_election3
seats330
seat_change3*New*
popular_vote3329,952
percentage318.13%
titlePrime Minister
before_electionMuhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
before_partyNational Umma Party Sudan
after_electionMuhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
after_partyNational Umma Party Sudan

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. 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%.

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. 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

References

References

  1. [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SUDAN_1968_E.PDF Sudan] [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]
  2. [[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p855 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
  3. "Dictionary Of Modern Arab History". Routledge.
  4. (1968). "ARR: Arab Report and Record". Economic Features, Limited.
  5. Timothy Niblock. (25 November 1987). "Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898–1985". Palgrave Macmillan UK.
  6. Peter K. Bechtold. (1976). "Politics in the Sudan: Parliamentary and Military Rule in an Emerging African Nation". Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated.
  7. (2013). "Historical Dictionary of the Sudan". Rowman & Littlefield.
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