§ Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give a detailed analysis of the voting strength of the various parties in the last November elections in the Sudan.
§ Mr. NuttingI regret that the figures are not available for voting strengths of the smaller parties, but for the two main parties, the following are the figures for122W elections to the House of Representatives in direct election constituencies:
National Unionist Party Votes Umma Votes Successful candidates … 161,622 121,451 Unsuccessful candidates (approximately) … 67,699 69,371 Approximate totals … 229,321 190,822
Totals for National Unionist Party … 229,321 Totals for Umma … 190,822 Totals Independents and others … 176,276 Grand Total … 596,419 The result of the election in all constituencies direct and indirect, was as follows:—
National Unionist Party … … 51 Umma … … 22 Independents (North) … … 4 Independents (South) … … 4 Socialist Republican Party … … 3 Southern Party … … 10 Southern Political Association … … 2 Front against colonisation … … 1 Total … … 97 All these figures are based on the party allegiances on which candidates fought the election. There have been a number of transfers of allegiance by successful candidates since.
Figures of the distribution of votes between the parties in the Senate elections are not available, but the result of the election and of nominations to the Senate is given in the following table:—
BY election BY nomination Total National Unionist Party 22 10 32 Umma 3 4 7 Socialist Republican Party — 1 1 Southern Party 3 1 4 Independents (North) 1 2 3 Independents (South) 1 2 3 30 20 50 Very full statistical information about the election is to be found in a supplement to the Report of the Sudan Electoral Commission which was published in Command Paper 9058.