1958 Sudanese parliamentary election explained

Election Name:1958 Sudanese parliamentary election
Country:Sudan
Flag Image:Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1953 Sudanese parliamentary election
Previous Year:1953
Next Election:1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
Next Year:1965
1Blank:House seats
2Blank:Change
4Blank:Change
Seats For Election:All 173 seats in the House of Representatives
30 of the 50 seats in the Senate
Election Date:27 February & 8 March 1958
Leader1:Abdullah Khalil
Party1:National Umma Party
1Data1:63
2Data1:41
3Data1:21
4Data1:13
Leader2:Ismail al-Azhari
Party2:National Unionist Party (Sudan)
1Data2:45
2Data2:6
3Data2:10
4Data2:21
Prime Minister
Before Election:Ismail al-Azhari
Before Party:Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)
After Election:Abdallah Khalil
After Party:National Umma Party Sudan

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 27 February and 8 March 1958.[1] The first elections since independence in 1956, they were supposed to be held in August 1957, but were postponed by the ruling council, who claimed that flooding would affect the vote.[2] The result was a victory for the Umma Party, which won 63 of the 173 seats.

The Southern Sudan Federal Party competed in the election, and won 40 of the 46 seats allocated to the southern provinces.The party platform represented a serious challenge to the authorities.[3] However, when it became clear that the party's demands for a federal structure would be ignored by the Constituent Assembly, on 16 June 1958 the southern MPs left parliament.[4]

Results

Senate

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. http://www.sudani.co.za/index.php?pid=30 Elections in Sudan
  3. Book: The dynamic of secession . registration . 136 . Viva Ona Bartkus . Cambridge University Press . 1999 . 0-521-65970-1.
  4. Book: Islam, nationalism and communism in a traditional society: the case of Sudan . 105 . Gabriel Warburg . Routledge . 1978 . 0-7146-3080-2.