Egyptian parliamentary election, 1945

Egyptian parliamentary election, 1945
Kingdom of Egypt
January 1945

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ahmad Mahir Pasha Ali Mahir Pasha Mustafa el-Nahhas
Party Saadist Liberal Constitutional Wafd
Seats won 125 74 29

Prime Minister before election

Ahmad Mahir Pasha
Saadist Institutional Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha
Saadist Institutional Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in January 1945.[1] Boycotted by the Wafd Party, they resulted in a victory for the Saadist Institutional Party, which won 125 of the 264 seats.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Saadist Institutional Party 125+124
Liberal Constitutional Party 74+70
Wafdist Block 29–211
Watani Party 7+5
Independents 29+12
Invalid/blank votes
Total 2640
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

  1. 1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p294 (German)


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