Sudanese general election, 2009

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Presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in Sudan before July 2009 after the end of a transitional period which began when the decades-long Second Sudanese Civil War finally came to an end in early 2005.

A census, which is necessary for the election to be held, was initially planned to be held in July 2007, then from 15 November 2007 onwards, then delayed to be held from 2 February 2008 onwards due to funding issues.^[1] It was again postponed to 15–30 April 2008.^[2][3] On 12 April 2008, a few days before the census was slated to start, the SPLM withdrew from the census, stating that they wanted IDPs to return to their homes before the census would take place; this calls the timetable for the 2009 elections into question.^[4] However, it was agreed on 14 April 2008 to start the census on 22 April 2008 instead.^[5] It was finished by 6 May 2008 (with about 90% of the country covered by then; many people claimed, however, not to have been counted, but officials stated that in no state was the covering rate below 80%^[6]) and results are expected in September.^[7]

The draft bill on the electoral law was being discussed in February 2008; differences remained over the proportion between FPTP seats and proportional seats, over the amount of seats reserved for women, and over how many votes smaller parties would have to win in order to gain entry into parliament.^[8] The SPLM wants 50% proportionally elected and 50% therough FPTP, and it wants women to be given 50% of the proportional seats; the Sudanese government wants only 40% to be proportionally elected and wants a separate list of women-only seats, of which all would be given to the list with the most votes.^[9]

Due to the ongoing War in Darfur, the election may be held without the participation of the Darfur region.^[10] However, a Sudanese official has stated that elections would be held in "99% of Darfur" and that the election would be held at a later date in those regions where it was not possible at that time.^[11]

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