1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

2 and 25 November 1953
All 97 seats in the House of Representatives All 50 seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah Khalil Party DUP NUP House seats 51 22 Senate seats 31 8
Chief Minister before election Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi Elected Chief Minister Ismail al-Azhari

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 2 and 25 November 1953, prior to the implementation of home rule. The result was a victory for the National Unionist Party, which won 51 of the 97 seats in House of Representatives. The NUP also obtained a majority in the Senate, where they won 21 of the 30 indirectly elected seats (elected by local and provincial councils) and 10 of the 20 members were nominated to the Senate by the British Governor-General. Although the Umma Party and some of the British press alleged that Egypt had interfered in the election, it was generally seen as free and fair.

Results

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Unionist Party	229,221		51
	Umma Party	190,822		22
	Southern Party			9
	Socialist Republican Party			3
	Anti-Imperialist Front			1
	Independents			11
Total				97
Registered voters/turnout		1,687,000	–
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Nominated	Total
	National Unionist Party			21	10	31
	Umma Party			4	4	8
	Southern Party			3	3	6
	Socialist Republican Party			1	0	1
	Independents			1	3	4
Total				30	20	50
Total votes		4,092	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,926	83.07
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al