Sudanese parliamentary election, 1965

21 April & 8 May 1965

All 207 seats to the Parliament

	First party	Second party

Leader	Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa	Ismail al-Azhari
Party	Umma Party	NUP
Seats won	90	59
Seat change	27	14

Prime Minister before election

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
Umma Party

Elected Prime Minister

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
Umma Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 21 April and 8 May 1965. Due to the civil war the seats in the south of the country were left vacant until by-elections on 8 March and 18 April 1967.^[1] The result was a second successive victory for the Umma Party, which won 90 of the 173 seats. Voter turnout was 58.1%.^[2]

Results

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Umma Party			90	+27
	National Unionist Party			59	+14
	Beja Congress			10	New
	Sudan African National Union			10	New
	Sudanese Communist Party			8	New
	Islamic Charter Front			5	New
	People's Democratic Party			3	−24
	Southern Sudan Liberals			1	New
	Independents			21	New
Total		1,126,229		207	+34
Registered voters/turnout		1,959,880	58.1	−	−
Source: Nohlen

Note these results include the 1967 by-elections.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Nohlen et al., p854

Elections and referendums in Sudan

Presidential elections	1971 1977 1983 1996 2000 2010 2015

Parliamentary elections	1948 1953 1958 1965 1968 1974 1978 1980 1981–82 1986 1996 2000 2010 2015

Gubernatorial elections	2010

Referendums	1998 2016 (Darfur)

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