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
Turnout3,948,544 (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
  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.

  1. ^ a b c 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. Public Domain 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