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Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 15 November 1948.^[1]

Background

Constitutional reforms in 1948 replaced the appointed Advisory Council with a Legislative Assembly.^[2] The new Assembly had 75 members, of which 10 were appointed by the Governor-General, 42 elected by electoral colleges in northern provinces, 13 nominated by the provincial councils in the three southern provinces and 10 directly-elected in Khartoum and Omdurman.^[1]

Campaign

The elections were boycotted by pro-Egyptian parties such as the National Front, leaving only the Umma Party and the Independence Front (which opposed union with Egypt) to contest the elections.^[1]^[3] Demonstrations led to the deaths of 10 deaths and 100 injured.^[1]

Results

The Umma Party won 26 seats and the Independence Front four. Most of the remaining 44 members had been elected due to the influence of officials and sheikhs.^[4] Voter turnout in the directly-elected seats was only 18%.^[1]

Aftermath

The newly-elected Legislative Assembly met for the first time on 15 December 1948. The Umma Party's Abdallah Khalil was elected Speaker.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1954
^ Sternberger et al., p1953
^ "The Sudan Elections". The Spectator. 1948-11-26. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
^ ^a ^b Robert O Collins (2008) A History of Modern Sudan, Cambridge University Press, p58