1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

none Sudan 1956 parliamentary 1958 Sudanese parliamentary election 1958 1968 Sudanese parliamentary election 1968 All 207 seats in Parliament 104 21 April and 8 May 1965 2,257,854 1,269,584 (56.23%) Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa.jpg Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Umma 90 27 Ismail al-Azhari.webp Ismail al-Azhari National Unionist 59 14 Prime Minister Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa National Umma Party Sudan Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub National Umma Party Sudan Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 21 April and 8 May 1965. The elections were organized under the Sovereignty Council that had been formed the previous year following the October Revolution. Due to the ongoing First Sudanese Civil War, seats allocated to the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region were left vacant and were not filled until by-elections held in March-April 1967.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 0-19-829645-2 The elections resulted in a second consecutive victory for the Umma Party, which won 90 of the 173 contested seats. Voter turnout was 56.2%.Nohlen et al., p852 Results File:Sudan Parliament 1965.svg 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 1269584 +34 2257854 Nohlen et al. These results include the 1967 by-elections. References Further reading Bechtold Peter K. https://archive.org/details/politicsinsudanp0000bech Politics in the Sudan: Parliamentary and Military Rule in an Emerging African Nation 1976 Praeger Publishers 220–239 Return to Democracy, 1964-69: The 1965 Elections Nyquist Thomas E. 1965 The Sudan: Prelude to Elections 4323875 Middle East Journal Middle East Institute 19 3 263–272 0026-3141 Sharma B. S. 1966 The 1965 Elections in the Sudan https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-923X.1966.tb00241.x The Political Quarterly en 37 4 441–452 10.1111/j.1467-923X.1966.tb00241.x 0032-3179 subscription Willis Justin el Battahani Atta El 2010 'We changed the laws': Electoral practice and malpractice in Sudan since 1953 https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/afraf/adq003 African Affairs en 109 435 191–212 10.1093/afraf/adq003 0001-9909 Category:Parliamentary elections in Sudan Parliamentary Sudan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results