1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

1950 Egyptian parliamentary election

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Mostafa el-Nahas Mohammed Hussein Heikal Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha Party Wafd Party Liberal Constitutional Saadist Seats won 226 27 28

Prime Minister before election Hussein Sirri Pasha Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Mostafa el-Nahas Wafd

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Wafd Party. They were the last parliamentary elections that took place under the monarchy.

Results

While all sources agree that the Wafd achieved a majority, there are disagreements on the figures. Nohen et al and Dolf Sternberger et al puts the numbers as 225 Wafd, 28 Saadist, 26 Liberal Constitutionalist, 6 Nationalists, 1 Democratic Socialist and 33 independents, though the latter notes that a different source disagrees on one seat, 226 Wafd and 32 independents. ^{[2] [3]} P. J. Vatikiotis give the totals as 288 to the Wafd out of 327 seats, polling at barely 40 per cent of the votes, as well as 38 independents, with 2.8 million total votes cast out of 4.1 million voters. ^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Wafd Party	1,357,206	54.56	226
	Saadist Institutional Party	406,693	16.35	28
	Liberal Constitutional Party	292,444	11.76	27
	National Party	37,512	1.51	6
	Democratic Socialist Party	16,499	0.66	1
	Wafdist Block	14,803	0.60	0
	Independents	362,587	14.57	31
Total		2,487,744	100.00	319
Total votes		2,496,208	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,126,879	60.49
Source: Khatib [5]

References

1. Ries 1999, p. 336.
2. Ries 1999, p. 342.
3. Sternberger et al. 1978, p. 294.
4. Vatikiotis 1991, p. 530.
5. Khatib 1954, p. 489.

Sources

• Khatib, M.F. (1954). The working of parliamentary institutions in Egypt, 1924-1952 (Thesis). University of Edinburgh.
• Sternberger, Dolf; Vogel, Bernhard; Nohlen, Dieter; Landfried, Klaus, eds. (1978). Die Wahl Der Parlamente Und Anderer Staatsorgane: Ein Handbuch (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
• Ries, Matthias (1999). Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael; Thibaut, Bernhard (eds.). Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press.
• Vatikiotis, P. J. (1991). The History of Modern Egypt: From Muhammad Ali to Mubarak (4th ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.