1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

← 1948 2 and 25 November 1953 1958 →
All 50 seats in the Senate 26 seats needed for a majority All 97 seats in the House of Representatives 49 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah Khalil Party DUP NUP House seats 51 22 Senate seats 31 8
Chief Minister before election Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi NUP Elected Chief Minister Ismail al-Azhari DUP

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 2 and 25 November 1953,^[1] prior to the implementation of home rule. The result was a victory for the recently founded National Unionist Party, led by Ismail al-Azhari, which won 51 of the 97 seats in the House of Representatives and was invited to form a government. The NUP also secured a majority in the Senate, winning 21 of the 30 indirectly elected seats, which were chosen by local and provincial councils; a further 10 of the 20 Senate members were nominated by British Governor-General.

Although the Umma Party and sections of the British press alleged that Egypt had interfered in the election, it was generally regarded as free and fair.^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Nominated	Total
	National Unionist Party			21	10	31
	Umma Party			4	4	8
	Southern Party			3	3	6
	Socialist Republican Party			1	0	1
	Independents			1	3	4
Total				30	20	50
Total votes		4,092	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,926	83.07
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Unionist Party	229,221		51
	Umma Party	190,822		22
	Southern Party			9
	Socialist Republican Party			3
	Anti-Imperialist Front			1
	Independents			11
Total				97
Registered voters/turnout		1,687,000	–
Source: Nohlen et al., Sternberger et al.[3]