1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

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 56%.^[2]

1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

← 1958 21 April and 8 May 1965 1968 →
All 207 seats in Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Ismail al-Azhari Party Umma National Unionist Seats won 90 59 Seat change 27 14
Prime Minister before election Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa NUP Elected Prime Minister Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub NUP

Results

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				207	+34
Total votes		1,269,584	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,257,854	56.23
Source: Nohlen et al.

These results include the 1967 by-elections.