1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

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 101 of the 260 seats in the National Assembly. No party emerged with a majority; the Umma Party formed a coalition government.[1]

1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

1–12 April 1986

260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly
Elections delayed in 41 seats
Turnout3,948,544 (67.5%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi Ahmed al-Mirghani Hassan al-Turabi
Party Umma Party DUP NIF
Seats won 101 63 51
Seat change 101 63 51

Party with the most seats by region
  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
Umma Party

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 Party1,508,33438.2101
Democratic Unionist Party1,163,96129.563
National Islamic Front726,02118.451
Progressive People's Party27,6740.711
Sudanese National Party86,4612.28
Southern Sudanese Political Association25,2680.68
Sudan African People's Congress31,9440.87
Sudanese Communist Party67,9371.73
Sudanese African Congress2
Sudan People's Federal Party1
National Umma Party37,6620.90
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan35,7670.90
Independents98,6062.45
Unfilled seats41
Total3,948,544 301
Source: Nohlen et al.

Graduate constituencies

Party Votes % Seats
National Islamic Front 38.2 23
Sudanese Communist Party 19.2
Umma Party 15.9
Democratic Unionist Party 9.6
Independents 7.0
National Umma Party 2.0
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan 2.0
Progressive People's Party 0.4
Southern Sudanese Political Association 0.3
Sudanese African Congress 0.2
Other 5.2
Total207,555100.028
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri

Khartoum

Party Votes % Seats
National Islamic Front 29.8 13
Democratic Unionist Party 30.5 9
Umma Party 20.7 6
Sudanese Communist Party 6.0 2
Sudanese National Party 4.5 1
National Umma Party 2.4
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan 2.1
Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity 1.6
Independents 1.6
Umma-Imam Party 0.1
Other 0.7
Total 100.031
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri

Bahr el Ghazal

Party Votes % Seats
Southern Sudanese Political Association 44.5 3
Umma Party 31.2 1
National Islamic Front 23.4
Independents 0.8
Total 100.04
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri
Twenty-four seats unfilled

Equatoria

Party Votes % Seats
Progressive People's Party 32.5 8
Sudan African People's Congress 38.0 7
Southern Sudanese Political Association 16.9 2
Independents 4.3 1
National Islamic Front 6.6
Others 1.4
Umma Party 0.3
Total 100.018
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri
Two seats unfilled

Upper Nile

Party Votes % Seats
Southern Sudanese Political Association 21.8 2
Umma Party 37.1 1
Others 25.5 2
National Islamic Front 9.4
Democratic Unionist Party 3.8
Independents 1.3
Progressive People's Party 1.1
Total 1005
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri
Fifteen seats unfilled

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
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