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Two Sudanese opposition parties have refused to recognize the country's landmark elections held last week.

Hatem al-Sirr of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party, who ran against Beshir in the presidential race, said he would not recognize the results of the election.

"I reject the results of the elections and I will not recognize them," said Sirr.

Earlier Hassan al-Turabi, another opposition leader, described the country's first competitive elections in 24 years as "fraudulent," and said his party would not join the next government.

Beshir's NCP this week said that if elected, it would invite the opposition to join a future government.

Earlier on Saturday, international election observers from the Carter Centre and the European Union said the past week's presidential, legislative and local elections in Sudan should be recognized.