1950 Egyptian parliamentary election
3 January 1950
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mustafa el-Nahhas Ibrahim Abdel Hady 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

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.

Results

PartySeats+/–
Wafd Party225+196
Saadist Institutional Party28–97
Liberal Constitutional Party26–48
Watani 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


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