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1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

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Field	Value
election_name	1958 Sudanese parliamentary election
country	Sudan
flag_image	Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1953 Sudanese parliamentary election
previous_year	1953
next_election	1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
next_year	1965
1blank	House seats
2blank	Change
3blank	Senate seats
4blank	Change
seats_for_election	30 of the 50 seats in the Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
All 173 seats in the House of Representatives
87 seats needed for a majority
election_date	27 February & 8 March 1958
image1	[[File:Abdallah Khalil Official.png	150x150px]]
leader1	Abdullah Khalil
party1	National Umma Party
1data1	63
2data1	41
3data1	21
4data1	13
image2	[[File:Ismail al-Azhari.webp	150x150px]]
leader2	Ismail al-Azhari
party2	National Unionist Party (Sudan)
1data2	45
2data2	6
3data2	10
4data2	21
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Abdallah Khalil
before_party	National Umma Party
after_election	Abdallah Khalil
after_party	National Umma Party

26 seats needed for a majority All 173 seats in the House of Representatives 87 seats needed for a majority

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 27 February and 8 March 1958 to elect members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The first elections held since independence in 1956, they had originally been scheduled for August 1957 but were postponed by the Sovereignty Council, which had been in office since December 1955, on the grounds that flooding would disrupt voting. The elections resulted in a victory for the Umma Party, led by Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil, which won 63 of the 173 seats in the House of Representatives.

The Southern Sudan Federal Party competed in the election and won 40 of the 46 seats allocated to the southern provinces. Its platform posed a serious challenge to the authorities. However, when it became clear that the party’s demands for a federal structure would be disregarded by the Constituent Assembly, the southern members of parliament withdrew from Parliament on 16 June 1958.

Results

Senate

House of Representatives

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p851 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
[http://www.sudani.co.za/index.php?pid=30 Elections in Sudan] Embassy of Sudan in South Africa
Viva Ona Bartkus. (1999). "The dynamic of secession". Cambridge University Press.
Gabriel Warburg. (1978). "Islam, nationalism and communism in a traditional society: the case of Sudan". Routledge.
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband'', p1986

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