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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 12 April and 2 May 1968. The election followed the resignation of a third of the members of the Assembly elected in 1965.[1] The result was a victory for the new Democratic Unionist Party, formed by a merger of the National Unionist Party and the People's Democratic Party in December 1967 and led by President Ismail al-Azhari, which won 101 of the 218 seats. Voter turnout was 61.0%.[2]
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In contrast, since the last election the Umma Party had fractured, with competing wings being led by Sadiq al-Mahdi and Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi. Whilst Sadiq's Umma party emerged as the stronger of the two wings, Sadiq actually lost his own seat in the election to a rival from the Imam wing.[3] In total the various Umma party affiliates won some 827,289 votes, or 45.46% of the vote, compared to the 40.8% won by the DUP. The Umma affiliates won only 72 seats, in contrast to the 90 seats won at the previous election.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic Unionist Party | 742,226 | 40.79 | 101 | +39 | |
Umma Party–Sadiq | 384,986 | 21.16 | 36 | New | |
Umma Party–Imam | 329,952 | 18.13 | 30 | New | |
Sudan African National Union | 60,493 | 3.32 | 15 | +5 | |
Islamic Charter Front | 44,552 | 2.45 | 3 | –2 | |
Umma Party | 43,288 | 2.38 | 6 | –86 | |
Southern Front | 39,822 | 2.19 | 10 | New | |
Socialist Front | 21,814 | 1.20 | 0 | New | |
Socialists | 19,690 | 1.08 | 0 | New | |
Beja Congress | 15,382 | 0.85 | 3 | –7 | |
National Unionist Party | 10,159 | 0.56 | 0 | New | |
Tenants' Union | 6,661 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
Workers' Forces | 5,204 | 0.29 | 1 | New | |
Nuba Mountains Union | 3,171 | 0.17 | 2 | New | |
Sudanese Nile Party | 2,704 | 0.15 | 1 | New | |
Liberal | 1,844 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Islamic | 1,772 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Western Sudan Union | 1,695 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Sudanese Communist Party[lower-alpha 1] | 1,652 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Democratic South | 1,535 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
Unity | 1,478 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
Workers' Federation | 668 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Peace | 387 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Socialist Democrats | 220 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
National Unionist Party–Sadiq | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
Congress of New Forces | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
No political affiliation[lower-alpha 1] | 8,264 | 0.45 | 1 | New | |
Independents | 70,047 | 3.85 | 9 | –12 | |
Total | 1,819,762 | 100.00 | 218 | +11 | |
Valid votes | 1,819,762 | 97.68 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 43,139 | 2.32 | |||
Total votes | 1,862,901 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,051,118 | 61.06 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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