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. They were the last parliamentary elections that took place under the monarchy.
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Results
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|
Wafd Party | 225 | +196 | |
Saadist Institutional Party | 28 | –97 | |
Liberal Constitutional Party | 26 | –48 | |
National Party | 6 | –1 | |
Democratic Socialist Party | 1 | New | |
Independents | 33 | +4 | |
Total | 319 | +55 | |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p341 ISBN 0-19-829645-2