1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

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 Parliament. 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]

1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

2 & 25 November 1953
All 97 seats to the Parliament All 50 seats to the Senate
Leader Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah Khalil Party NUP Umma Party Seats won 37 Parliamentary Seats 51 22 Senate Seats 31 8
Chief Minister before election Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi Elected Chief Minister Ismail al-Azhari

Results

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Unionist Party	229,221		51
	Umma Party	190,822		22
	Southern Party			9
	Republican Socialist Party			3
	Anti-Imperialist Front			1
	Independents			11
Total				97
Registered voters/turnout		1,687,000		−
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al.[3]

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Indirectly-elected	Nominated	Total
	National Unionist Party			21	10	31
	Umma Party			4	4	8
	Southern Party			3	3	6
	Republican Socialist Party			1	0	1
	Independents			1	3	4
Total		4,092		30	20	50
Registered voters/turnout		4,926	83.1	−	−	−
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al.

References

1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
2. Cowen, L & Laakso, L (2002) Multi-Party Elections in Africa, p254
3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1985