1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 1 and 12 April 1986.They were the first multi-party elections in the country since 1968, and saw a victory for the Umma Party, which emerged as the single largest party with 101 of the 260 seats in the National Assembly. No party emerged with a majority; the Umma Party formed a coalition government.[1]

1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

1–12 April 1986
260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly Elections delayed in 41 seats
Turnout	3,948,544 (67.5%)
Leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi Ahmed al-Mirghani Hassan al-Turabi Party Umma Party DUP NIF Seats won 101 63 51 Seat change 101 63 51
Party with the most seats by region   Umma Party   Democratic Unionist Party   National Islamic Front   Progressive People's Party   Majority of seats unfilled
Prime Minister before election Al-Jazuli Daf'allah Independent Elected Prime Minister Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi Umma Party

The election took place amidst the Second Sudanese Civil War, and voting was postponed indefinitely in 41 seats in Southern Sudan due to security concerns.[1][2] Voter turnout was 67.5%.[3] The election was among the freest and fairest elections in Africa up to that time.[1]

To date, these are the last free elections held in Sudan.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Umma Party	1,508,334	38.2	101
	Democratic Unionist Party	1,163,961	29.5	63
	National Islamic Front	726,021	18.4	51
	Progressive People's Party	27,674	0.7	11
	Sudanese National Party	86,461	2.2	8
	Southern Sudanese Political Association	25,268	0.6	8
	Sudan African People's Congress	31,944	0.8	7
	Sudanese Communist Party	67,937	1.7	3
	Sudanese African Congress			2
	Sudan People's Federal Party			1
	National Umma Party	37,662	0.9	0
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan	35,767	0.9	0
	Independents	98,606	2.4	5
	Unfilled seats			41
Total		3,948,544		301
Source: Nohlen et al.

Graduate constituencies

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Islamic Front		38.2	23
	Sudanese Communist Party		19.2
	Umma Party		15.9
	Democratic Unionist Party		9.6
	Independents		7.0
	National Umma Party		2.0
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan		2.0
	Progressive People's Party		0.4
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		0.3
	Sudanese African Congress		0.2
	Other		5.2
Total		207,555	100.0	28
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri

Khartoum

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Islamic Front		29.8	13
	Democratic Unionist Party		30.5	9
	Umma Party		20.7	6
	Sudanese Communist Party		6.0	2
	Sudanese National Party		4.5	1
	National Umma Party		2.4
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country of Sudan		2.1
	Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity		1.6
	Independents		1.6
	Umma-Imam Party		0.1
	Other		0.7
Total			100.0	31
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri

Bahr el Ghazal

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		44.5	3
	Umma Party		31.2	1
	National Islamic Front		23.4
	Independents		0.8
Total			100.0	4
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri Twenty-four seats unfilled

Equatoria

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Progressive People's Party		32.5	8
	Sudan African People's Congress		38.0	7
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		16.9	2
	Independents		4.3	1
	National Islamic Front		6.6
	Others		1.4
	Umma Party		0.3
Total			100.0	18
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri Two seats unfilled

Upper Nile

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Southern Sudanese Political Association		21.8	2
	Umma Party		37.1	1
	Others		25.5	2
	National Islamic Front		9.4
	Democratic Unionist Party		3.8
	Independents		1.3
	Progressive People's Party		1.1
Total			100	5
Source: Sudan After Nimeiri Fifteen seats unfilled

References

1. Shinn, David H. (2015). "Elections" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan : a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 232–234. ISBN 978-0-8444-0750-0. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN 0-19-829645-2