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1929 Egyptian parliamentary election

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First party Second party   Leader Mustafa el-Nahhas – Party Wafd Others & IND Seats won 198 38

Prime Minister before election Adli Yakan Pasha Liberal Constitutional Party Subsequent Prime Minister Mustafa el-Nahhas Wafd Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 21 December 1929. The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 198 of the 236 seats, including 102 seats in which their candidates were returned unopposed. Four independents were also returned unopposed.

The elections were boycotted by the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, and only 26 Ittihad Party and four Watani Party candidates contested the elections.

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Wafd Party	198	+48
	Other parties and independents	38	–27
Total		236	+21
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p294 (in German)
2. ^ "The Egyptian Election Wafdist Victory Certain", The Times, 21 December 1929, p11, Issue 45392

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