2010 Southern Sudanese general election explained

Country:

Southern Sudan

Flag Year:

2011

Election Date:

11–15 April 2010

Registered:

4,539,835

Next Election:

2024 South Sudanese general election

Next Year:

2024

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Election Name:

Presidential election

Type:

presidential

Turnout:

61.98%

Image1:

Salva Kiir-3, by Stein Ove Korneliussen.jpg

Candidate1:

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Party1:

Sudan People's Liberation Movement

Popular Vote1:

2,616,613

Percentage1:

92.99%

Candidate2:

Lam Akol

Party2:

SPLM–DC

Popular Vote2:

197,217

Percentage2:

7.01%

President

Posttitle:

Elected President

After Election:

Salva Kiir Mayardit

After Party:

Sudan People's Liberation Movement

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Election Name:	Parliamentary election
Seats For Election:	All 170 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	86
Noleader:	yes
Nopercentage:	yes
First Election:	yes
Party1:	Sudan People's Liberation Movement
Seats1:	161
Party2:	SPLM–Democratic Change
Leader2:	Carlos García Saade
Seats2:	1
Party3:	National Congress Party (Sudan)
Leader3:	Nelson Guardado
Seats3:	1
Party4:	Independents
Leader4:	–
Seats4:	7

Regional elections were held in Southern Sudan between 11 and 15 April 2010 as part of the Sudanese general election. The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote.^[1] The winners of these elections would later continue in office upon South Sudan's independence following the referendum in 2011.

Results

President

By state

	align=center colspan=2	Salva Kiir SPLM	align=center colspan=2	Lam Akol SPLM-DC	align=center colspan=2	Margin	align=center colspan=1	Total Votes
align=center	State	align=center data-sort-type="number"		align=center data-sort-type="number"	%	align=center data-sort-type="number"		align=center data-sort-type="number"	%	align=center data-sort-type="number"	align=center data-sort-type="number"	%
	137,070	90.51%	14,369	9.49%			151,439
	247,586	97.73%	5,740	2.27%			253,326
	256,208	97.10%	7,656	2.90%			263,864
	522,126	99.61%	2,046	0.39%			524,172
	149,128	81.46%	33,932	18.54%			183,060
	234,897	93.82%	15,486	6.18%			250,383
	199,296	74.75%	67,309	25.25%			266,605
	227,151	89.29%	27,258	10.71%			254,409
	487,090	98.02%	9,831	1.98%			496,921
	156,061	91.99%	13,590	8.01%			169,651
Sources: National Electoral Commission

Legislative Assembly

Notes and References

http://www.sudantribune.com/FACTBOX-Sudan-presidential,34901 FACTBOX: Sudan presidential election results