Sudanese general election, 2000

Sudanese general election, 2000

13–23 December 2000

First party Second party   Leader Omar al-Bashir Party National Congress Independents Seats won 355 5

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

General elections were held in Sudan between 13 and 23 December 2000 to elect a President and National Assembly. The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties including the Umma Party, the Democratic Unionist Party and the Popular National Congress,^[1] which resulted in an easy victory for the incumbent President Omar al-Bashir of the National Congress in the presidential election, with the National Congress also victorious the National Assembly election, winning 355 of the 360 seats, 112 of which were uncontested.

Results

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Omar al-Bashir	National Congress		86.5
Gaafar Nimeiry	Alliance of the Peoples' Working Forces		9.6
Malik Hussain			1.6
Al-Samuel Hussein Osman Mansour	Liberal Democrats		1.0
Mahmoud Ahmed Juna			1.0
Total			100

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Congress			350
Independents			10 (2 of Muslim Brotherhood)
Total			360

References

1. Sudan: Elections in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union