Sudanese presidential election, 2010

Sudanese general election, 2010

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11–15 April 2010

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Omar al-Bashir	Yasir Arman	Hassan al-Turabi
Party	National Congress	SPLM	Popular Congress
Seats won	323	99	4
Seat change	–32	+99	+4
Percentage	68.2%	22%	4%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Hatim al-Sir	Sadiq al-Mahdi	Others
Party	Democratic Unionist Party	Umma	Others
Seats won	4	3	13
Seat change	+4	+3	–8

President before election

Omar al-Bashir
National Congress

Elected President

Omar al-Bashir
National Congress

General elections were held in Sudan between 11 and 15 April 2010, extended from the original end date of 13 April. The elections were held to elect the President and National Assembly of Sudan, as well as the President and Legislative Assembly of Southern Sudan. The election brought to the end the transitional period which began when the decades-long Second Sudanese Civil War ended in 2005.

Early results on 20 April showed that President Omar al-Bashir's party National Congress was well ahead. On 26 April, full results were announced and al-Bashir was confirmed as the winner by having received 68.24% of the vote.

The elections were originally scheduled to be held from March to April 2009, but there were reports that they may be delayed up to six months from the latest possible date of July 2009 due to problems with the preparation of the vote. However, on 2 April 2009, the electoral commission pushed the date back to 6 February to 21 February 2010 and results were to be declared on 27 February 2010. The elections will entail: national presidential and parliamentary, the south Sudanese presidency, state governors, the southern parliament and state assemblies. The voting will be early in the month so results may be fielded late in the month. The electoral commission released the date after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Bashir on 4 March 2009.

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