The World - News from April 21, 1986
The two centrist parties that were the apparent victors in Sudan’s national elections met in Khartoum to work out plans for a unified government. Returns from 217 districts, where polls were open for 12 days, showed the Umma Party gaining 99 seats in the 301-member Constituent Assembly and the Democratic Unionists capturing 63 places. Umma Party leader Sadek Mahdi, expected to emerge as prime minister, has said that the nation’s constitution will not be rewritten until elections can be held in 37 districts torn by guerrilla war.
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