Egyptian parliamentary election, 1929

21 December 1929

	First party	Second party


Leader	Mustafa el-Nahhas	Various
Party	Wafd	Others
Seats won	198	38

Prime Minister before election

Adli Yakan Pasha
Liberal Constitutional Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mustafa el-Nahhas
Wafd Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 21 December 1929.^[1] The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 198 of the 236 seats,^[1] including 102 seats in which their candidates were returned unopposed.^[2] Four independents were also returned unopposed.^[2]

The election was boycotted by the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, and only 26 Ittihad Party and four Watani Party candidates contested the election.^[2]

Results

Party	%	Seats	+/–
Wafd Party		198	+48
Other parties and independents		38	–27
Invalid/blank votes	–	–	–
Total		236	+21
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p294 (German)
1 2 3 "The Egyptian Election Wafdist Victory Certain", The Times, 21 December 1929, p11, Issue 45392

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