1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

| country = Sudan

| flag_image = Flag of Sudan (1956–1970).svg

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

| previous_year = 1953

| previous_mps =

| next_election = 1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

| next_year = 1965

| next_mps =

| 1blank = House seats

| 2blank = Change

| 3blank = {{nowrap|Senate seats}}

| 4blank = Change

| seats_for_election = All 173 seats in the House of Representatives
30 of the 50 seats in the Senate

| elected_mps =

| election_date = 27 February & 8 March 1958

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Abdullah Khalil

| leader_since1 =

| party1 = National Umma Party

| last_election1 =

| seats_before1 =

| seats1 =

| seat_change1 =

| 1data1 = 63

| 2data1 = {{increase}}41

| 3data1 = 21

| 4data1 = {{increase}}13

| swing1 =

| image2 = 150x150px

| leader2 = Ismail al-Azhari

| leader_since2 =

| party2 = National Unionist Party (Sudan)

| last_election2 =

| seats_before2 =

| seats2 =

| seat_change2 =

| 1data2 = 45

| 2data2 = {{decrease}}6

| 3data2 = 10

| 4data2 = {{decrease}}21

| swing2 =

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle =

| before_election = Ismail al-Azhari

| before_party = Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)

| after_election = Abdallah Khalil

| after_party = National Umma Party Sudan

}}

{{Politics of Sudan}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 27 February and 8 March 1958.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p851 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}} The first elections since independence in 1956, they were supposed to be held in August 1957, but were postponed by the ruling council, who claimed that flooding would affect the vote.[http://www.sudani.co.za/index.php?pid=30 Elections in Sudan] Embassy of Sudan in South Africa The result was a victory for the Umma Party, which won 63 of the 173 seats.

The Southern Sudan Federal Party competed in the election, and won 40 of the 46 seats allocated to the southern provinces.

The party platform represented a serious challenge to the authorities.{{cite book

|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780521659703

|url-access=registration

|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780521659703/page/136 136]

|title=The dynamic of secession

|author=Viva Ona Bartkus

|publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1999

|ISBN=0-521-65970-1}}

However, when it became clear that the party's demands for a federal structure would be ignored by the Constituent Assembly, on 16 June 1958 the southern MPs left parliament.{{cite book

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7aht1_gXSgC&pg=PA105

|page=105

|title=Islam, nationalism and communism in a traditional society: the case of Sudan

|author=Gabriel Warburg

|publisher=Routledge |year=1978

|ISBN=0-7146-3080-2}}