People's Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PDP |
| Leader | Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani |
| Founded | June 1956 |
| Dissolved | 1967 |
| Split from | National Unionist Party (NUP) |
| Merged into | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |
| Ideology | Khatmiyya Sufi Islamism |
| Religion | Islam with Sufi-orientation |
The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Sudan. It was formed in 1956 following a split in the National Unionist Party (NUP). Those who left the NUP to form the PDP were largely members of the Khatmiyya Sufi order. After a period of siding with the Umma party, the PDP would later realign with the NUP, and the two parties merged in 1968 to form the Democratic Unionist Party.[1]