1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

1986 Sudanese parliamentary election
260 of the 301 seats to the National Assembly; Elections delayed in 41 seats
Turnout	3,948,544 (67.5%)
	Party with the most seats by region; Umma Party Democratic Unionist Party National Islamic Front Progressive People's Party Majority of seats unfilled
Prime Minister before election; Al-Jazuli Daf'allah; Independent	Elected Prime Minister ; Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi; NUP

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 1 and 12 April 1986. They were the first multi-party elections in the country since 1968, and saw a victory for the Umma Party, which emerged as the single largest party with 100 of the 260 filled seats in the National Assembly. No party emerged with a majority; the Umma Party formed a coalition government.^[1]

The election took place amidst the Second Sudanese Civil War, and voting was postponed indefinitely in 41 seats in Southern Sudan due to security concerns.^[1]^[2] Voter turnout was 67.5%.^[3] The election was among the freest and fairest elections in Africa up to that time.^[1]

To date, these are the last free elections held in Sudan.

^ ^a ^b ^c Shinn, David H. (2015). "Elections" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan : a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 232–234. ISBN 978-0-8444-0750-0. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[:0-1] Shinn, David H. (2015). "Elections" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan : a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 232–234. ISBN 978-0-8444-0750-0. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] Sudan Inter-Parliamentary Union

[3] Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p856 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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