National Assembly (Sudan)

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National Assembly of Sudan
Basic data
Seat: Khartoum , Sudan
Legislative period : 5 years
MPs: 354 (before secession: 450)
Current legislative period
Last choice: 13-16 April 2015
Website
www.parliament.gov.sd

The National Assembly of Sudan ( Arabic المجلس الوطني, DMG al-maǧlis al-waṭanī ) is the lower house in the bicameral system of the north-east African state of Sudan .

composition

According to the transitional constitution of 2005, the members of the National Assembly are elected for a five-year term.

In the parliamentary elections from April 11 to 15, 2010 , there were still votes in North and South Sudan, before the independence referendum in South Sudan in 2011 . After the parliamentary elections in Sudan in 2015 , the National Congress Party (NCP) remains by far the largest political group.

Composition of the National Assembly of Sudan, 2015
  •  National Congress Party (323)
  •  Democratic Unionists (25)
  •  Democratic Unionists (Jalal al-Digair) (15)
  •  Other parties (44)
  •  Independent (19)
    • Parliamentary elections in Sudan 2015
    Parties be right % Seats
    National Congress Party 4,321,901 83.4 323
    Democratic Unionists 249.768 4.8 25th
    Democratic Unionists (Jalal al-Digair) 137.265 2.6 15th
    Other parties 475.185 9.2 44
    Non-party 19th
    All in all 5,184,119 100 426

    Parliament building

    • Parliament building, 1977

    • Parliament building, 2009

    The seat of the National Assembly is in Omdurman .

    The building was designed by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu from 1972 and completed in 1978. The building is a structure of Soviet brutalism . It is located on the banks of the White Nile near the confluence with the Blue Nile at the old Omdurman Bridge .

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b c THE INTERIM NATIONAL CONSTITUTION THE REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN, 2005 (English) PART FOUR: THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, Article 83 ff .; CHAPTER II: INTERIM PROVISIONS FOR THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, Article 117 ff.
    2. ↑ SUDAN (Majlis Watani), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved May 24, 2016.
    3. ^ Sudan Country report, Freedom in the World 2015 . In: freedomhouse.org . Retrieved May 24, 2016.
    4. ↑ Dream election result for Sudan's President Bashir . In: BBC , April 27, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2016. 
    5. ↑ Country information: Sudan: domestic policy . In: Foreign Office . Retrieved May 24, 2016.
    6. ↑ Adam Carr
    7. ^ Sudan News Agency
    8. ^ SOS brutalism. An international inventory . Park Books, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03860-074-9 .
    9. ^ Sudan - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved May 24, 2016.

    Coordinates: 15 ° 37 ′ 3.5 ″  N , 32 ° 29 ′ 15.7 ″  E