Sudanese Begin Voting in General Elections
13 April, 2015KHARTOUM (SUDANOW) The Sudanese began voting at 8am on Monday in the three day parliamentary and presidential elections widely expected to be won by the incumbent president Omer al-Bashir.
More than 13 million Sudanese are eligible to cast their vote to elect the president of the republic and their representatives in the parliament (the National Assembly) and the legislative councils of the country's 18 states.
The contestants in this elections number 3,323 candidates, some representing political parties and others independent, including 15 presidential candidates who are challenging al-Bashir. They compete in 1,197 constituencies in all parts of Sudan except seven constituencies in South Kordofan State for security reasons.
Some 75 thousand police force was deployed to secure the elections.
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