Omar al-Bashir Omar al-Bashir Member State of the Arab League General elections were held in Sudan to elect a President and National Assembly between 2 and 17 March 1996.

[2] There were no political parties at the time, and all candidates ran as independents.

In the presidential election, 40 candidates ran against incumbent Omar al-Bashir, who emerged victorious with 75.4% of the vote.

[3][2] Opposition groups boycotted the elections, claiming they were unfair.

[2] Because of the civil war, no voting took place in 11 Southern districts.