1977 Sudanese presidential election

1977 Sudanese presidential election

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Nominee Jaafar Nimeiry
Party SSU
Popular vote 5,624,128
Percentage 99.1%

President before election

Jaafar Nimeiry
SSU

Elected President

Jaafar Nimeiry
SSU

Politics of Sudan

Arab League Member State of the Arab League


Executive
  • Presidency
    Transitional Sovereignty Council
    Chairman: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
    Deputy Chairman: Malik Agar
  • Prime Minister
    Osman Hussein (acting)
  • Cabinet
Legislature
  • Transitional Legislative Council
Judiciary
  • Constitutional Court
  • Supreme Court
    Chief Justice
    Nemat Abdullah Khair
  • Court of Cassation
  • Public Court
  • District Courts
  • Town and rural courts
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Presidential elections were held in Sudan between 10 and 20 April 1977. Jaafar Nimeiry was the only candidate, and received 99.1% of the vote, with a 98.3% turnout.[1]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jaafar NimeirySudanese Socialist Union5,624,12899.15
Against48,3730.85
Total5,672,501100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,839,882
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p858 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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