# 1986 Sudanese parliamentary election

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.
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. Voter turnout was 67.5%. The election was among the freest and fairest elections in Africa up to that time.
To date, these are the last free elections held in Sudan.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Umma Party | 1,508,334 | 38.44 | 100 |
| | Democratic Unionist Party | 1,163,961 | 29.67 | 63 |
| | National Islamic Front | 726,021 | 18.51 | 51 |
| | Sudanese National Party | 86,461 | 2.20 | 8 |
| | Sudanese Communist Party | 67,937 | 1.73 | 3 |
| | National Umma Party | 37,662 | 0.96 | 0 |
| | Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity | 37,070 | 0.94 | 0 |
| | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 35,767 | 0.91 | 0 |
| | Sudan African People's Congress | 31,944 | 0.81 | 7 |
| | Umma Party–Iman | 29,241 | 0.75 | 0 |
| | Progressive People's Party | 27,674 | 0.71 | 10 |
| | Southern Sudanese Political Association | 25,268 | 0.64 | 8 |
| | Beja Congress | 14,291 | 0.36 | 1 |
| | Sudanese African Congress | | | 2 |
| | Sudan People's Federal Party | | | 1 |
| | Other parties | 33,122 | 0.84 | 0 |
| | Independents | 98,606 | 2.51 | 6 |
| Vacant | Vacant | | | 41 |
| Total | Total | 3,923,359 | 100.00 | 301 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,923,359 | 99.36 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 25,185 | 0.64 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,948,544 | 100.00 | |
| Source: Woodward |||||

### By constituency
#### Graduate constituencies

| Party | Party | % | Seats |
| | National Islamic Front | 38.2 | 23 |
| | Sudanese Communist Party | 19.2 | 1 |
| | Umma Party | 15.9 | 0 |
| | Democratic Unionist Party | 9.6 | 0 |
| | National Umma Party | 2.0 | 0 |
| | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2.0 | 0 |
| | Progressive People's Party | 0.4 | 2 |
| | Southern Sudanese Political Association | 0.3 | 1 |
| | Sudan African People's Congress | 0.2 | 0 |
| | Sudanese African Congress | | 1 |
| | Others | 5.2 | 0 |
| | Independents | 7.0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | | 28 |
| Source: Woodward |||||

#### Khartoum

| Party | Party | % | Seats |
| | Democratic Unionist Party | 30.5 | 9 |
| | National Islamic Front | 29.8 | 13 |
| | Umma Party | 20.7 | 6 |
| | Sudanese Communist Party | 6.0 | 2 |
| | Sudanese National Party | 4.5 | 1 |
| | National Umma Party | 2.4 | 0 |
| | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2.1 | 0 |
| | Sudan Rural Forces Solidarity | 1.6 | 0 |
| | Umma Party–Iman | 0.1 | 0 |
| | Other parties | 0.7 | 0 |
| | Independents | 1.6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | | 31 |
| Source: Woodward |||||

#### Bahr el Ghazal

| Party | Party | % | Seats |
| | Southern Sudanese Political Association | 44.5 | 3 |
| | Umma Party | 31.2 | 1 |
| | National Islamic Front | 23.4 | 0 |
| | Independents | 0.8 | 0 |
| Vacant | Vacant | | 24 |
| Total | Total | | 28 |
| Source: Woodward |||||

#### Equatoria

| Party | Party | % | Seats |
| | Sudan African People's Congress | 38.0 | 7 |
| | Progressive People's Party | 32.5 | 8 |
| | Southern Sudanese Political Association | 16.9 | 2 |
| | National Islamic Front | 6.6 | 0 |
| | Umma Party | 0.3 | 0 |
| | Other parties | 1.4 | 0 |
| | Independents | 4.3 | 1 |
| Vacant | Vacant | | 2 |
| Total | Total | | 20 |
| Source: Woodward |||||

#### Upper Nile

| Party | Party | % | Seats |
| | Umma Party | 37.1 | 1 |
| | Southern Sudanese Political Association | 21.8 | 2 |
| | National Islamic Front | 9.4 | 0 |
| | Democratic Unionist Party | 3.8 | 0 |
| | Progressive People's Party | 1.1 | 0 |
| | Sudanese African Congress | | 1 |
| | Sudan People's Federal Party | | 1 |
| | Other parties | 25.5 | 0 |
| | Independents | 1.3 | 0 |
| Vacant | Vacant | | 15 |
| Total | Total | | 20 |
| Source: Woodward |||||