2015 Sudanese general election

none Sudan 2010 Sudanese general election 2010 13–16 April 2015 Next Sudanese general election Next yes Presidential election presidential 46.40% Omar al-Bashir, 12th AU Summit, 090202-N-0506A-137.jpg Omar al-Bashir National Congress (Sudan) 5,252,478 94.05% 3x4.svg Fadl el-Sayed Shuaib Federal Truth FFFF00 79,779 1.43% President Omar al-Bashir National Congress (Sudan) Omar al-Bashir National Congress (Sudan) General elections were held in Sudan on 13–16 April 2015 to elect the President and the National Assembly. They were originally scheduled for 2 April, but were delayed by eleven days.Sudan postpones April elections by 11 days: elections committee Reuters, 20 December 2014 These were the first elections to be held following the secession of South Sudan. Incumbent President Omar al-Bashir won the presidential election by a landslide,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32481013 Omar al-Bashir wins Sudan elections by a landslide 27 April 2015 BBC News 30 April 2015 amid a boycott from the majority of the opposition. The ruling National Congress Party of Sudan also won a majority in the 426 seats of the National Assembly.http://nec.org.sd/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-2015.pdf Election results 27 April 2015 ar NEC 28 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072336/http://nec.org.sd/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-2015.pdf 2015-05-18 dead Electoral system The President was elected using the two-round system; if no candidate gained a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off would have been held.Election for President IFES The 426 seats of the National Assembly were elected by three methods:Electoral system IPU Half seats (50%) were elected by majority voting in multi-member constituencies based on the 18 states and containing between 4 and 36 seats. 128 seats (30%) reserved for women were elected by closed list proportional representation in a single national constituency. 85 seats (20%) unreserved were elected by the same system. Conduct Campaign Incumbent President Omar al-Bashir was re-selected as the presidential candidate of the National Congress Party (NCP) in October 2014.Sudan's Bashir to seek re-election in 2015 Al Jazeera, 21 October 2014 Fifteen other candidates registered to contest the elections, although they are relatively unknown. The majority of opposition parties were boycotting the elections, although a total of 44 parties put forward candidates. However, the ruling NCP opted not to field candidates in 30% of constituencies in order to allow other parties to win seats.Sudan election: Will Bashir be snubbed by his people? BBC News, 13 April 2015 Observers Election observer missions (EOM) were deployed from the African Union (AU), Arab League, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);http://www.oic-oci.org/oicv2/topic/?t_id=9996&ref=3961&lan=en OIC observes Presidential and Legislative Elections in the Sudan 21 April 2015 OIC 28 April 2015June 2018 InternetArchiveBot no as well as from China, Russia and Turkey.http://sudanow.info.sd/west-unhappy-about-the-elections-what-do-others-say/ West Unhappy About the Elections: What Do Others Say? al-Haj Hassan Abdullah 25 April 2015 Sudan News Agency 28 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20190213115444/http://sudanow.info.sd/west-unhappy-about-the-elections-what-do-others-say/ 13 February 2019 dead The African Union's EOM was led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. The AUEOM was "satisfied that voting went on peacefully" and noted that the country "still faces serious challenges to democracy building and national reconciliation". It concluded that the "results.. would reflect the expression of the will of the voters of Sudan".16 April 2015 AUEOM to Sudan http://pa.au.int/en/sites/default/files/Press%20Statement%20of%20the%20AUEOM%20in%20Sudan_0.pdf African Union 2015-04-28June 2018 InternetArchiveBot no COMESA EOM noted that the "general environment within which the general elections were organized ha[d] remarkably been peaceful" and commended the Sudanese people. It also noted with concern that the "general elections were boycotted by several opposition political parties".April 2015 COMESA Election Observer Mission to the General Elections in the Republic of the Sudan http://www.comesa.int/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1480:comesa-election-observer-mission-to-the-general-elections-in-the-republic-of-the-sudan-april-2015&catid=5:latest-news&Itemid=41 COMESA 2015-04-28 Results President thumb|Turnout by state. Omar al-Bashir National Congress Party 5252478 Fadl el-Sayed Shuaib Federal Truth Party 79779 #FFFF00 Fatima Abdel Mahmoud Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union 47653 Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed National Reform Party 42399 #FEB2FF Abdul Mahmoud Abdul Jabar Rahamtalla Union of the Nation's Forces 41134 Hamdi Hassan Ahmed Independent 18043 Mohamed Ahmed Abdul Gadir Al Arbab Independent 16966 Yasser Yahiya Salih Abdul Gadir Independent 16609 Khairi Bakhit Independent 11852 Adel Dafalla Jabir Independent 9435 Mohamed Awad Al Barow Independent 9388 Asad Al Nil Adel Yassin Al Saafi Independent 9359 Alam Al Huda Ahmed Osman Mohamed Ali Independent 8133 Ahmed Al Radhi Jadalla Salem Independent 7751 Isaam Al Ghali Tajj Eddin Ali Independent 7587 Omar Awad Al Karim Hussein Ali Independent 6297 506549 13126989 NEC National Assembly File:Sudan National Assembly 2015.svg Proportional Women Constituency National Congress Party 3915590 67 4321901 107 149 323 –1 Democratic Unionist Party–Original 218120 4 249768 6 15 25 +24 Umma Collective Leadership 214531 4 2 6 +5 Democratic Unionist Party 114806 2 137265 3 10 15 +11 Federal Umma Party 79292 1 107102 3 3 7 +4 Freedom and Justice Party 60373 1 36899 1 1 3 – #BA0000 United Umma Party 49923 1 63770 2 1 4 – #0080FF Umma Reform and Development Party 35309 1 45199 1 3 5 – #02EC70 National Umma Party 30966 1 2 3 +2 Federal Truth Party 30254 1 33046 1 0 2 – #FFFF00 National Bond Party 30079 1 43199 1 0 2 – #8000FF National Freedom and Justice Party 29642 1 3 4 – #FF0000 Constitution Party 27466 0 39783 1 0 1 – #FF7F00 Movement for Justice and Equality 26723 0 18493 0 0 0 – National Reform Party 25990 0 30107 1 0 1 – #FEB2FF Popular Forces for Rights and Democracy Movement 23089 0 27260 1 0 1 – #0000FF Justice Party 18196 0 0 0 – National Movement for Peace and Development 17231 0 14732 0 0 0 – Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union 16508 0 0 0 – People's Movement Party 14018 0 15595 0 1 1 – #DAA06D Sudanese National Front Party 12740 0 0 0 – Sudanese Socialist Union Party al-Maywa 8686 0 0 0 – Centre Party for Justice and Development 1 1 – #FF00FF General Federation of North and South Funj 1 1 – #993300 Ana al-Sudan 1 1 – #F4C430 Black Free 1 1 – #000000 Independents 19 19 +16 13126989 13126989 13126989 –24 NEC Reactions On 9 April 2015, the European Union said that there was a "lack of a conducive environment for the upcoming elections" and that it was disappointed that the Sudanese government missed an opportunity "by not responding to the efforts by the African Union to bring all stakeholders together."9 April 2015 Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the lack of a conducive environment for the upcoming elections in Sudan http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/04/04-declaration-hr-upcoming-elections-sudan/ European Union 2015-04-29 2015-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150419234115/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/04/04-declaration-hr-upcoming-elections-sudan/ dead On 20 April 2015; Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a joint statement saying that the Sudanese Government failed "to create a free, fair, and conducive elections environment" and that the "outcome of these elections cannot be considered a credible expression of the will of the Sudanese people".20 April 2015 Joint Statement on Elections in Sudan https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/troika_elections_Sudan/id2407289/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway) 2015-04-2920 April 2015 Troika statement on elections in Sudan https://www.gov.uk/government/news/troika-statement-on-elections-in-sudan Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2015-04-2920 April 2015 Joint Statement on Elections in Sudan https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/04/240887.htm United States Department of State 2015-04-28 dmy-all Following this statement, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors from these countries and condemned the statement as "erroneous information and prejudgment of the elections"; and also deemed it as "flagrant intervention in Sudan's internal affairs."http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/22/c_134171501.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150518140229/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/22/c_134171501.htm dead May 18, 2015 Sudan summons ambassadors of Britain, Norway, U.S. over elections criticism 22 April 2015 Xinhuanet 28 April 2015 President Bashir labeled the critics as "colonialist parties".http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2015/04/24/Sudan-s-Bashir-says-foreign-criticism-will-not-affect-polls-.html Sudan's Bashir says foreign criticism will not affect polls 24 April 2015 al Arabiya 28 April 2015 On 21 April 2015, the Sudanese Embassy in London issued a statement saying that other international bodies were clearly biased as they refused to even send their observers and "the claim that unrest in some isolated peripheries reduces the validity of elections does not hold water; because Northern Ireland suffered serious “troubles” for decades and that didn't stop UK elections."http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article54696 Sudan's 2015 Elections: A huge step in democratic consolidation 21 April 2015 sudantribune.com Embassy of Sudan, London 28 April 2015 29 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190829002818/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article54696 dead On 28 April 2015, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said that they respect "the choice made by the Sudanese people" and congratulated President Bashir on his re-election.28 April 2015 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Regular Press Conference on April 28, 2015 http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1258874.shtml Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2015-04-28 President Bashir also received congratulatory messages from President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt,http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/04/27/al-sisi-congratulates-al-bashir-on-landslide-election-victory/ Al-Sisi congratulates Al-Bashir on landslide election victory 27 April 2015 Daily News 28 April 2015 King Abdullah of Jordan,http://petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=193573&CatID=-1 https://archive.today/20150428205246/http://petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=193573&CatID=-1 dead 28 April 2015 King congratulates Sudanese president on re-election 28 April 2015 Jordan News Agency 28 April 2015 Emir Sabah of Kuwait,https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2438284&Language=en His Highness Amir congratulates Sudanese President 27 April 2015 Kuwait News Agency 28 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100845/https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2438284&Language=en 18 May 2015 Sultan Qaboos of Oman,http://www.timesofoman.com/News/50923/Article-HM-sends-greetings-to-Sudan HM sends greetings to Sudan 28 April 2015 Times of Oman 28 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101700/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/50923/Article-HM-sends-greetings-to-Sudan 18 May 2015 Emir Tamim of Qatar,http://www.qna.org.qa/en-us/News/15042719480069/HH-the-Emir-Congratulates-Sudanese-President HH the Emir Congratulates Sudanese President 27 April 2015 Qatar News Agency 28 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082216/http://www.qna.org.qa/en-us/News/15042719480069/HH-the-Emir-Congratulates-Sudanese-President 18 May 2015 King Salman of Saudi Arabiahttp://www.spa.gov.sa/english/details.php?id=1354692 Saudi King congratulates Sudanese President Bashir 28 April 2015 Saudi Press Agency 28 April 2015 and President Khalifa al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates.https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395279827480.html President, VP, Mohamed bin Zayed congratulate al-Bashir on his re-election 28 April 2015 Emirates News Agency 28 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092531/https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395279827480.html 18 May 2015 References 30em External links National Election Commission General Category:Parliamentary elections in Sudan Sudan Category:Presidential elections in Sudan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results