The Socialist Republican Party won three seats in the House of Representatives in the 1953 election, two from Blue Nile and one from Darfur.[17][5][7] The poor showing of the party in the election was seen with disappointment amongst the British colonial authorities.[18] Immediately after the 1953 election, the Republican Socialist Party began to fall apart. As of 1954, the party had virtually disappeared.[7][19] In early 1955 the party joined Independence Front, a coalition of opponents to the Ismail al-Azhari cabinet.[20]