The electoral system in Sudan 1953-2000

	The electoral system in Sudan 1953-2000
Alustath
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 207, 2018, Pages 19-36
Abstract
Selecting the electoral system is considered one of the most important decisions for any democratic system. Mainly, choosing a particular electoral system has great consequences on the future of political life of that country. Selecting electoral systems nowadays are made after many planning, in the past the case was different. In many cases, the selection process was done accidentally, as a result of unusual circumstances, or in response to common tendencies, or because of a sudden historical change, besides the colonial legacy and the impact of the surrounding environment. In fact, selecting the electoral system is primarily a political issue, not a technical issue that can be done bye group of independent experts ,because political interests are the main considerations that can be taken in selecting electoral system. Perhaps this can be said on the Sudanese case in which political considerations and party interests are imposed on the type of electoral system, a matter that leads Sudan to suffer from political instability during the past eras. Most of electoral systems adopted by the successive civilian and military governments in Sudan have failed to make changes in building integrated state where traditional leaders of the political parties remained controlling the parties themselves and the power through controlling the ministries, as well as the military systems, a matter that keeps the country under ethnic and sectarian conflicts.

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