Parliamentary elections in Egypt 1950
The parliamentary elections in Egypt in 1950 took place on January 3 and 10, 1950. It was the last parliamentary election in the Kingdom of Egypt , which was converted into a republic after a military coup in 1952 . 225 of the 319 seats went to the Wafd party , 28 to the Sa'd party , 25 to the Liberal-Constitutionalist Party and 40 to various small parties and independents.
Results
Political party | proportion of | Seats |
---|---|---|
Wafd party | 70.5% | 225 |
Independent | 10.4% | 33 |
Sa'd party | 8.8% | 28 |
Liberal-Constitutionalist Party | 8.1% | 26th |
National party | 1.9% | 6th |
Democratic Socialist Party | 0.3% | 1 |
Invalid / empty notes | - | - |
total | 100.0% | 319 |
literature
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen, Klaus Landfried (eds.): The election of parliaments and other state organs / Volume II: Africa: Political organization and representation in Africa De Gruyter, 1978, ISBN 978-3-11-004518-5
- Dieter Nohlen, Bernhard Thibaut, Michael Krennerich (Eds.): Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4