1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

1986 Sudanese parliamentary election
260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly; Elections delayed in 41 seats
Turnout	3,948,544 (67.5%)
	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.

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		%	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		%	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		%	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		%	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		%	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

^ ^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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[:0-1] 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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