1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
21 April and 8 May 1965
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All 207 seats in Parliament 104 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,257,854 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,269,584 (56.23%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Member State of the Arab League |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 21 April and 8 May 1965. The elections were organized under the Sovereignty Council that had been formed the previous year following the October Revolution. Due to the ongoing First Sudanese Civil War, seats allocated to the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region were left vacant and were not filled until by-elections held on 8 March and 18 April 1967.[1] The elections resulted in a second consecutive victory for the Umma Party, which won 90 of the 173 contested seats. Voter turnout was 56.2%.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Umma Party | 90 | +27 | |||
| National Unionist Party | 59 | +14 | |||
| Beja Congress | 10 | New | |||
| Sudan African National Union | 10 | New | |||
| Sudanese Communist Party | 8 | New | |||
| Islamic Charter Front | 5 | New | |||
| People's Democratic Party | 3 | −24 | |||
| Southern Sudan Liberals | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 21 | New | |||
| Total | 207 | +34 | |||
| Total votes | 1,269,584 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,257,854 | 56.23 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
These results include the 1967 by-elections.
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Nohlen et al., p852