1996 Sudanese general election

General elections were held in Sudan to elect a President and National Assembly between 2 and 17 March 1996. They were the first elections since 1986 due to a military coup in 1989, and the first simultaneous elections for the presidency and National Assembly. 125 members of the 400-seat National Assembly had been nominated before the election, leaving 275 seats to be elected (of which 51 were ultimately uncontested).^[1][2] 900 candidates ran for the 275 seats.^[2] There were no political parties at the time, and all candidates ran as independents.

1996 Sudanese general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Omar al-Bashir Abd al-Majid Sultan Kijab Party Independent Independent Popular vote 4,181,784 133,032 Percentage 75.68% 2.42%

President before election Omar al-Bashir Elected President Omar al-Bashir

In the presidential election, 40 candidates ran against incumbent Omar al-Bashir, who emerged victorious with 75.4% of the vote.^[3][2] Opposition groups boycotted the elections, claiming they were unfair.^[2] Because of the civil war, no voting took place in 11 Southern districts.^[2]

Voter turnout was reported to be 72%.^[4]

Results

President

Candidate	Votes	%
Omar al-Bashir	4,181,784	75.68
Abd al-Majid Sultan Kijab	133,032	2.41
39 other candidates	1,210,464	21.91
Total	5,525,280	100.00
Valid votes	5,525,280	94.58
Invalid/blank votes	316,755	5.42
Total votes	5,842,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	8,110,650	72.03
Source: Nohlen et al., African Election Database

National Assembly

Party		Seats
	Independents	400
Total		400
Source: IPU