Misplaced Pages

1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

← 1945 3 January 1950 1957 →
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mostafa el-Nahas Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha Aly Maher Pasha
Party Wafd Saadist Liberal Constitutional
Seats won 225 28 26

Prime Minister before election

Hussein Sirri Pasha
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mostafa el-Nahas
Wafd Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January. In the parliament of 319-seats, 225 went to the Wafd Party, 28 to the Saadist Institutional Party, 26 to the Liberal Constitutional Party, and 40 to minor parties and independents. They were the last parliamentary elections that took place under the monarchy.

Results

PartySeats+/–
Wafd Party225+196
Saadist Institutional Party28–97
Liberal Constitutional Party26–48
National Party6–1
Democratic Socialist Party1New
Independents33+4
Total319+55
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p341 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
Egypt Elections and referendums in Egypt
Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
Senate elections
Municipal elections
Referendums


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This Egyptian elections-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: