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.


3 January 1950
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mustafa el-Nahhas Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha Ali Mahir Pasha
Party Wafd Saadist Liberal Constitutional
Seats won 225 28 26

Prime Minister before election

Hussein Sirri Pasha
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mustafa el-Nahhas
Wafd Party

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Wafd Party225+196
Saadist Institutional Party28–97
Liberal Constitutional Party26–48
Watani Party6–1
Democratic Socialist Party1New
Independents33+4
Invalid/blank votes
Total319+55
Registered voters/turnout
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


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