Sudanese parliamentary election, 1986

1–12 April 1986

260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly Elections delayed in 41 seats

Turnout	3,948,544 (67.5%)
	First party	Second party	Third party

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 largest 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

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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 election took place amidst the Second Sudanese Civil War, and voting was postposed indefinitely in 41 seats in Southern Sudan due to security concerns.^[1] Voter turnout was 67.5%.^[2]

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.

By constituency

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		%	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		%	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		%	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		%	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

↑ Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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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