Parliamentary elections were held in
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
on 2 and 25 November 1953, prior to the implementation of home rule. The result was a victory for the
National Unionist Party, which won 51 of the 97 seats in
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
. The NUP also obtained a majority in the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, where they won 21 of the 30 indirectly elected seats (elected by local and provincial councils) and 10 of the 20 members were nominated to the Senate by the British Governor-General. Although the
Umma Party and some of the British press alleged that Egypt had interfered in the election, it was generally seen as free and fair.
[Cowen, L & Laakso, L (2002) Multi-Party Elections in Africa, p254]
Results
House of Representatives
Senate
References
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Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
Elections in Sudan
1953 in Sudan
National Legislature (Sudan)
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
November 1953 in Africa