The Sudanese government, in scheduling national elections…
March 1965 CE
The deteriorating southern security situation prevents elections from being conducted in this region, however, and the political parties split on the question of whether elections should be held in the north as scheduled or postponed until the whole country can vote.
The People's Democratic Party and Sudanese Communist Party, both fearful of losing votes, want to postpone the elections, as do southern elements loyal to Khartoum.
Their opposition forces the government to resign.
The new president of the reinstated Supreme Commission, who had replaced Abboud as chief of state, directs that the elections be held wherever possible; the PDP rejects this decision and boycotts the elections.
