National Legislature of Sudan

National Legislature of Sudan
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Council of States (upper house) National Assembly (lower house)
Leadership
Speaker of the Council of States	Vacant since 11 April 2019
Speaker of the National Assembly	Vacant since 11 April 2019
Seats	458
Elections
Last Council of States election	19 May 2015
Last National Assembly election	13–16 April 2015
Meeting place
Omdurman, Sudan
Website
http://www.parliament.gov.sd

Politics of Sudan
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution 1956 Transitional Constitution 1973 Constitution 4 August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration
Executive Presidency Transitional Sovereignty Council President: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Vice-president: Malik Agar Prime Minister Kamil Idris Cabinet Kamil Idris government
Legislature Council of States (dissolved) National assembly (dissolved) Transitional Legislative Authority
Judiciary Constitutional Court Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdel-Aziz Fathal-Rahman Abdeen Mohamed Court of Cassation Public Court District Courts Town and rural courts
Administrative divisions States Governors Abyei Area Interim Security Force (UNISFA) Regions Darfur Regional Government Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council Districts
Elections Recent elections General: 2010 2015 next Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of / in Sudan Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid
Related topics United Nations (UN) in Sudan Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) African Union and UN in Sudan Darfur operation (UNAMID) Human rights ICC investigation Khartoum massacre investigation National Human Rights Commission

The National Legislature of Sudan (Arabic: المجلس التشريعي السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy) is the legislative branch of the government of Sudan.

Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, it was composed of two chambers:

• The Council of States (المجلس الولايات السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt) had 32 members were elected by Indirect election.
• The National Assembly (المجلس الوطني السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) had 426 members were elected by Mixed member majoritarian.

The National Legislature was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup.^[1]

As part of the Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council was to have been formed which would function as the legislature of Sudan until elections initially scheduled for 2022.^[2]

Amendments made to the transitional constitution in February 2025, established a "Transitional Legislative Authority" made up of the members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Cabinet of Sudan to act as an interim legislature until a Transitional Legislative Council is formally established.^[3]

Party		Proportional			Women			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	National Congress Party	3,915,590	78.32	67	4,321,901	83.37	107			149	323	–1
	Democratic Unionist Party–Original	218,120	4.36	4	249,768	4.82	6			15	25	+24
	Umma Collective Leadership	214,531	4.29	4						2	6	+5
	Democratic Unionist Party	114,806	2.30	2	137,265	2.65	3			10	15	+11
	Federal Umma Party	79,292	1.59	1	107,102	2.07	3			3	7	+4
	Freedom and Justice Party	60,373	1.21	1	36,899	0.71	1			1	3	–
	United Umma Party	49,923	1.00	1	63,770	1.23	2			1	4	–
	Umma Reform and Development Party	35,309	0.71	1	45,199	0.87	1			3	5	–
	National Umma Party	30,966	0.62	1						2	3	+2
	Federal Truth Party	30,254	0.61	1	33,046	0.64	1			0	2	–
	National Bond Party	30,079	0.60	1	43,199	0.83	1			0	2	–
	National Freedom and Justice Party	29,642	0.59	1						3	4	–
	Constitution Party	27,466	0.55	0	39,783	0.77	1			0	1	–
	Movement for Justice and Equality	26,723	0.53	0	18,493	0.36	0			0	0	–
	National Reform Party	25,990	0.52	0	30,107	0.58	1			0	1	–
	Popular Forces for Rights and Democracy Movement	23,089	0.46	0	27,260	0.53	1			0	1	–
	Justice Party	18,196	0.36	0						0	0	–
	National Movement for Peace and Development	17,231	0.34	0	14,732	0.28	0			0	0	–
	Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union	16,508	0.33	0						0	0	–
	People's Movement Party	14,018	0.28	0	15,595	0.30	0			1	1	–
	Sudanese National Front Party	12,740	0.25	0						0	0	–
	Sudanese Socialist Union Party al-Maywa	8,686	0.17	0						0	0	–
	Centre Party for Justice and Development									1	1	–
	General Federation of North and South Funj									1	1	–
	Ana al-Sudan									1	1	–
	Black Free									1	1	–
	Independents									19	19	+16
Total		4,999,532	100.00	85	5,184,119	100.00	128			213	426	–24
Registered voters/turnout		13,126,989	–		13,126,989	–		13,126,989	–
Source: NEC

The seat of the National Legislature is in Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978.^[4] It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

• Transitional Legislative Council (Sudan)
• List of legislatures by country

• Official website