1968 Sudanese parliamentary election

1968 Sudanese parliamentary election

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12 April & 2 May 1968
All 218 seats to the Parliament
First party Second party Third party   130x130px Leader Ismail al-Azhari Sadiq al-Mahdi Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi Party DUP Umma–Sadiq Umma–Imam Last election 62 – – Seats won 101 36 30 Seat change 39 New New Popular vote 742,226 384,986 329,952 Percentage 40.8% 21.2% 18.1%
Prime Minister before election Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub Umma Party Elected Prime Minister Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub Umma Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 12 April and 2 May 1968. The election followed the resignation of a third of the members of the Assembly elected in 1965. The result was a victory for the new Democratic Unionist Party, formed by a merger of the National Unionist Party and the People's Democratic Party in December 1967 and led by President Ismail al-Azhari, which won 101 of the 218 seats. Voter turnout was 61.0%.

In contrast, since the last election the Umma Party had fractured, with competing wings being led by Sadiq al-Mahdi and Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi. Whilst Sadiq's Umma party emerged as the stronger of the two wings, Sadiq actually lost his own seat in the election to a rival from the Imam wing. In total the various Umma party affiliates won some 827,289 votes, or 45.46% of the vote, compared to the 40.8% won by the DUP. The Umma affiliates won only 72 seats, in contrast to the 90 seats won at the previous election.