Election Name: | 1968 Sudanese parliamentary election |
Country: | Sudan |
Flag Image: | Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1965 Sudanese parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1965 |
Next Election: | 1974 Sudanese parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1974 |
Seats For Election: | All 218 seats to the Parliament |
Election Date: | 12 April & 2 May 1968 |
Leader1: | Ismail al-Azhari |
Party1: | Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan) |
Last Election1: | 62 |
Seats1: | 101 |
Seat Change1: | 39 |
Popular Vote1: | 742,226 |
Percentage1: | 40.8% |
Colour2: | 006803 |
Leader2: | Sadiq al-Mahdi |
Party2: | Umma–Sadiq |
Last Election2: | – |
Seats2: | 36 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 384,986 |
Percentage2: | 21.2% |
Colour3: | 006803 |
Leader3: | Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi |
Party3: | Umma–Imam |
Last Election3: | – |
Seats3: | 30 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 329,952 |
Percentage3: | 18.1% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub |
Before Party: | National Umma Party Sudan |
After Election: | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub |
After Party: | National Umma Party Sudan |
Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 12 April and 2 May 1968. The election followed the resignation of a third of the members of the Assembly elected in 1965.[1] The result was a victory for the new Democratic Unionist Party, formed by a merger of the National Unionist Party and the People's Democratic Party in December 1967 and led by President Ismail al-Azhari, which won 101 of the 218 seats. Voter turnout was 61.0%.[2]
In contrast, since the last election the Umma Party had fractured, with competing wings being led by Sadiq al-Mahdi and Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi. Whilst Sadiq's Umma party emerged as the stronger of the two wings, Sadiq actually lost his own seat in the election to a rival from the Imam wing.[3] In total the various Umma party affiliates won some 827,289 votes, or 45.46% of the vote, compared to the 40.8% won by the DUP. The Umma affiliates won only 72 seats, in contrast to the 90 seats won at the previous election.