1968 Sudanese parliamentary election

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. 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%.

1968 Sudanese parliamentary election

12 April & 2 May 1968

All 218 seats to the Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ismail al-Azhari Sadiq al-Mahdi Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi
Party DUP Umma–Sadiq Umma–Imam
Last election 62
Seats won 101 36 30
Seat change 39 New New
Popular vote 742,226 384,986 329,952
Percentage 40.8% 21.2% 18.1%

Prime Minister before election

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
NUP

Elected Prime Minister

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
NUP

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. 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.

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