Elections in Sudan

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Elections in Sudan gives information on election and election results in Sudan.

Sudan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. In the most recent election of 2010, there were two presidential elections, one for the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan and one for the Presidency of the Government of Southern Sudan. Elections for the unicameral, 360-member National Assembly were last held in December 2000.

The country is currently in an interim (transitional) period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rebel group. The newly formed National Legislature, whose members were chosen in mid-2005, has two chambers. The National Assembly (Majlis Watani) consists of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The Council of States (Majlis Welayat) has 50 members who are indirectly elected by state legislatures. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms.

Sudan is a one party dominant state with the National Congress in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

Latest elections

2010 Presidential election

 Summary of the 11–15 April 2010 Sudanese presidential election results

Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
Omar Hassan al-Bashir – National Congress	6,901,694	68.24%
Yasir Arman – Sudan People’s Liberation Movement	2,193,826	21.69%
Abdullah Deng Nhial – Popular Congress Party	396,139	3.92%
Hatim Al-Sir – Democratic Unionist Party	195,668	1.93%
Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi – Umma Party	96,868	0.96%
Kamil Idriss – independent	77,132	0.76%
Mahmood Ahmed Jeha – independent	71,708	0.71%
Mubarak al-Fadil – Umma Reform and Renewal Party	49,402	0.49%
Munir Sheikh El-din Jallab – New National Democratic Party	40,277	0.40%
Abdel-Aziz Khalid – Sudanese National Alliance	34,592	0.34%
Fatima Abdel-Mahmood – Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union	30,562	0.30%
Mohamed Ibrahim Nugud – Sudanese Communist Party	26,442	0.26%
Total votes	10,114,310	100.00%
Source: Sudan Tribune

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database
• Elections and the Probability of Violence in Sudan
• Sudan Electionnaire
• sudanvotes.com
• Electoral Designs: Representation, Proportionality and Constituency Boundaries in Sudan's 2010 Elections