Sudan: 2010 National Assembly election results
Updated February 2011
The election was held 11-19 April 2010.
Election boycotts
In early April 2010 the National Umma Party joined the the Communist Party, the Umma breakaway Reform and Renewal and other smaller parties in boycotting all of the elections (Reuters 2010). The Sudan People's Liberation Movement for its part said that it would boycott elections in the North and only contest elections in Southern Sudan and two adjoining states (SFGate 2010). However, the names of their candidates remained on the ballot papers and several boycotting parties won seats nevertheless.
Women's representation
Of the 450 seats in the National Assembly 25%, or 112 seats, are reserved for women and are allocated by proportional representation on the basis of lists of women submitted by parties. Since women also won a further 2 seats, bringing their total to 114, women formed 25.56% of the 446 members reflected in the table below (IPU 2010; National Elections Commission 2010, 11-15).
Results
Note: Four constituency seats were vacant.
| Party | Seats | % Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | PR | Women | Total | ||
| National Congress Party (NCP) | 191 | 50 | 82 | 323 | 72.42 |
| Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) | 56 | 17 | 26 | 99 | 22.20 |
| United Democratic Party (DUP) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.90 |
| People's Congress Party (PCP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.90 |
| Federal Umma Party | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.67 |
| Independents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.67 |
| Democratic Unionist Party - Original | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.45 |
| Sudan People's Liberation Movement for Democratic Change (SPLMDC) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.45 |
| Umma Party for Reform and Development | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.45 |
| Muslim Brotherhood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 |
| National Umma Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Umma Party Collective Leadership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Umma Reform and Renewal Party (URRP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Total | 266 | 68 | 112 | 446 | 99.99 |
Table source
IPU 2010; National Elections Commission 2010.
References
INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) 2010 "Sudan: Majlis Watani (National Assembly) Last Elections", 19 July, [www] http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2297_E.htm [opens new window] (accessed 18 Jan 2011).
NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION 2010 "National Assembly's Elected Members in the 2010 General Elections from Geographical Constituencies and Women/Party Lists", [www] http://nec.org.sd/new/new/eng_doc/asmb.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 9 Feb 2011).
REUTERS 2010 "Election boycott widens in Sudan", IrishTimes.Com, 8 April, [www] http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0408/breaking30.html [opens new window] (accessed 10 May 2010).
SFGATE 2010 "Southern Sudan Ruling Party to Boycott Vote in North", 7 April, [www] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/07/bloomberg1376-L0HZG90YHQ0X-1.DTL [opens new window] (accessed 10 May 2010).