The 1965 election results are inconclusive. Apart…
June 1965 CE
Apart from a low voter turnout, there is a confusing overabundance of candidates on the ballots.
As a consequence few of those elected win a majority of the votes cast.
The non-Marxist Umma Party captures seventy-five out of one hundred and fifty-eight parliamentary seats while its NUP ally takes fifty-two of the remainder.
The two parties form a coalition cabinet in June headed by Umma leader Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, whereas Azhari, the NUP leader, becomes the Supreme Commission's permanent president and chief of state