1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

21 April and 8 May 1965

All 207 seats in Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Ismail al-Azhari
Party Umma National Unionist
Seats won 90 59
Seat change 27 14

Prime Minister before election

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
NUP

Elected Prime Minister

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
NUP

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 21 April and 8 May 1965. Due to the civil war the seats in the south of the country were left vacant until by-elections on 8 March and 18 April 1967. The result was a second successive victory for the Umma Party, which won 90 of the 173 seats. Voter turnout was 56%.