1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January.[1] 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. It was the last parliamentary election that took place under the monarchy.

1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

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  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

Results edit

 
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 edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p341 ISBN 0-19-829645-2