The Sudanese electorate gives a plurality in…
October 1957 CE
The NUP, however, wins nearly one-quarter of the seats, largely from urban centers and from Gezira Scheme agricultural workers.
In the Sudanese south, the vote represents a rejection of the men who had cooperated with the government—voters defeat all three southerners in the preelection cabinet—and a victory for advocates of autonomy within a federal system.
Resentment against the government's taking over mission schools and against the measures used in suppressing the 1955 mutiny contributes to the election of several candidates who had been implicated in the rebellion.
