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On 26 April, President Bashir's party National Congress was officially declared the winner after Sudan's election commission announced he received 68% of the votes. [4] [43] While no full parliamentary election results are available, the National Congress Party won 306 of the 450 seats, and the SPLM won 99 seats. 45 seats went to smaller parties.
In the election of 2010, there were two presidential elections, one for the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan and one for the Presidency of the Government of Southern Sudan. Elections for the unicameral, 360-member National Assembly were last held in April 2015. The National Legislature whose members were chosen in mid-2005 had two chambers.
The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote. [1] The winners of these elections would later continue in office upon South Sudan's independence after a referendum in 2011. As of 2024, these are the last South Sudanese elections.
The Sudanese gubernatorial elections took place on 11–15 April 2010, alongside the wider Sudanese general election, to elect the Governors of the states of Sudan.. The election produced few unexpected upsets, with NCP candidates winning all Northern States, and SPLM candidates winning all of Sudan's Southern States with the notable exception of Western Equatoria; where an Independent ...
2010 Rwandan presidential election; 2010 São Tomé and Príncipe legislative election; 2010 Somaliland presidential election; 2010 Sudanese general election; 2010 Tanzanian general election; 2010 Togolese presidential election; 2010 Zanzibari government of national unity referendum
Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded ...
[1] [2] The elections were the first in Sudan for over two decades, held in the aftermath of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Government of Sudan of Omar al-Bashir. [3] The election was carried out in precarious security conditions, with ethnic conflicts prevalent in the state. [2]
The presidential election is won by having more than 50% of valid votes cast, [3] whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, creating extreme difficulty for anybody attempting to achieve electoral success under any banner other than those of the two dominant ...