1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

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.

1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

27 February & 8 March 1958
All 173 seats to the Parliament All 30 seats to the Senate
Leader Abdullah Khalil Ismail al-Azhari Party Umma Party NUP Parliamentary Seats 63 45 Parliamentary Change 41 6 Senate Seats 21 10 Senate Change 13 21
Prime Minister before election Ismail al-Azhari DUP Elected Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil Umma Party

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

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	Umma Party			63	+41
	National Unionist Party			45	−6
	Southern Sudan Federal Party			38	New
	People's Democratic Party			27	New
Total				173	+76
Registered voters/turnout		1,582,909	77.0	−	−
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Indirectly-elected	Nominated	Total	+/-
	Umma Party			14	7	21	+13
	National Unionist Party			5	5	10	−21
	People's Democratic Party			4	5	9	New
	Federal Bloc (Southern)			7	3	10	+4
Total				30	20	50	0
Source: Sternberger et al.[5]

References

1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
2. Elections in Sudan Embassy of Sudan in South Africa
3. Viva Ona Bartkus (1999). The dynamic of secession. Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-521-65970-1.
4. Gabriel Warburg (1978). Islam, nationalism and communism in a traditional society: the case of Sudan. Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 0-7146-3080-2.
5. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1986