1953 Sudanese parliamentary election explained

Election Name:1953 Sudanese parliamentary election
Country:Sudan
Flag Image:Flag of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Next Election:1958 Sudanese parliamentary election
Next Year:1958
1Blank:House seats
Seats For Election:All 97 seats in the House of Representatives
All 50 seats in the Senate
Election Date:2 and 25 November 1953
Leader1:Ismail al-Azhari
Party1:National Unionist Party (Sudan)
1Data1:51
2Data1:31
Leader2:Abdullah Khalil
Party2:National Umma Party
1Data2:22
2Data2:8
Chief Minister
Before Election:Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
After Election:Ismail al-Azhari

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 2 and 25 November 1953,[1] prior to the implementation of home rule. The result was a victory for the National Unionist Party, which won 51 of the 97 seats in House of Representatives. The NUP also obtained a majority in the Senate, where they won 21 of the 30 indirectly elected seats (elected by local and provincial councils) and 10 of the 20 members were nominated to the Senate by the British Governor-General. Although the Umma Party and some of the British press alleged that Egypt had interfered in the election, it was generally seen as free and fair.[2]

Results

Senate

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Cowen, L & Laakso, L (2002) Multi-Party Elections in Africa, p254