2026 South Sudanese general election

2026 South Sudanese general election
22 December 2026
Presidential election
 
Nominee Salva Kiir Mayardit Peter Mayen
Party SPLM
 
Nominee Bol Gai Deng Deng Bol Aruei
Party KDMP Common People's Alliance
Incumbent President

Salva Kiir Mayardit
SPLM



National Legislative Assembly
All 550 seats in the National Legislative Assembly
276 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
SPLM Salva Kiir Mayardit 332
SPLM-IO Riek Machar 128
SSOA Josephine Joseph Lagu 50
Independents – 30
Former detainees – 10
Council of States
All 100 seats in the Council of States
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Current seats
SPLM

46
SPLM-IO

27
SSOA

10
Independents

9
Vacant

8

General elections are due to be held in South Sudan on 22 December 2026, the first since independence.

Following the independence of South Sudan, the country's initial constitution scheduled national elections to be held by 9 July 2015. Elections have been postponed five times to 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 and finally the currently scheduled date in 2026. These delays were caused by a myriad of factors including the outbreak of the South Sudanese Civil War and ensuing peace agreement, inadequate government institutions, and the consolidation of power by longtime president Salva Kiir Mayardit.

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