1925 Egyptian parliamentary election

Politics in Egypt at this time was divided into three main groups: the Wafd party, King Fuad I and his allies, and the British government. After the 1923–24 parliamentary elections the leader of the Wafd Party, Saad Zaghloul, became the prime minister. However, he was forced to resign on 24 November following the assassination of Lee Stack on 19 November, after an ultimatum by General Edmund Allenby.^[3] Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha formed a ministry after Zaghloul's resignation, proroguing parliament the next day. Parliament was officially dissolved on 24 December.^[4]

Ahead of the new elections, King Fuad created the Ittihad Party led by Yahya Ibrahim.^[5] Fuad also sought allies in the Liberal Constitutional Party and the National Party.^[6] The elections were supervised by Ismail Sidky, the new Minister of the Interior.^[7] Sidky tried to prevent the Wafd from winning by clamping down on the press as well as gerrymandering the districts to hinder Wafdist candidates. However, this did not stop the Wafd Party from obtaining a majority of the seats.

The first and only act of parliament on the morning of 23 March 1925 was to vote to elect Zaghloul Speaker of the House by 123 votes to 85. Furious, King Fuad dissolved parliament in the afternoon. Parliament was in session for less than half a day.^[9][6]