1936 Egyptian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in May 1936;[1] elections for the Chamber of Deputies took place on 2 May and for the Senate on 7 May.[2] The elections were held following the death of King Fuad I, and his son Farouk's ascension to the throne. The result was a victory for the Wafd Party, which won 190 of the 232 seats. King Farouk's coronation was held in the newly elected parliament on 29 July 1937.
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May 1936
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Background
The 1923 constitution was restored on 12 December 1935, allowing for the first free elections since 1929.[3] The elections were held under Ali Maher's caretaker government with direct elections and universal adult male suffrage.[4]
Results
Different sources give different results for the elections; Dolf Sternberger et al. and Marius Deeb state that the Wafd won 179 of the 232 seats in the Chamber of Deputies,[5] with Deeb also giving the Wafd 65 of the 79 seats in the Senate.[2] David Moore puts the number of Wafdist seats at 166 in the Chamber and 62 in the senate,[6] while M.F. El-Khatib states that the Wafd won 190 seats in the Chamber, though notes 45 of the Wafd candidates were 'not official candidates of the party'.[7]
Chamber of Deputies
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Wafd Party | 794,966 | 62.05 | 190 | |
| Popular Unionist Party | 174,535 | 13.62 | 14 | |
| Liberal Constitutional Party | 157,454 | 12.29 | 15 | |
| National Party | 20,275 | 1.58 | 4 | |
| Independents | 133,855 | 10.45 | 9 | |
| Total | 1,281,085 | 100.00 | 232 | |
| Total votes | 1,261,330 | â | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,120,477 | 59.48 | ||
| Source: Khatib[7] | ||||
Further reading
- Marsot, Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid (1977). Egyptâs Liberal Experiment: 1922â1936. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520031098.
- Terry, Janice J. (1982). The Wafd: Cornerstone of Egyptian Political Power. Third World Centre for Research and Publishing. ISBN 9780861990009.
- Thornhill, Michael T. (June 2010). "Informal Empire, Independent Egypt and the Accession of King Farouk". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 38 (2): 279â302. doi:10.1080/03086531003743981.